National Highways vows to make controversial Lower Thames Crossing UK's 'greenest road'

Cecilia Keating
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National Highways vows to make controversial Lower Thames Crossing UK's 'greenest road'

Roads agency sets out raft of sustainability plans for project expected to double road capacity across the Thames east of London

National Highways has announced it plans to make the controversial Lower Thames Crossing the "greenest road ever built in the UK" by tapping a range of pioneering sustainability measures, including through...

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