About the Lower Thames Crossing

Find out more about who we are, our partners and our funding

We are National Highways

We're the government company which plans, designs, builds, operates and maintains England’s motorways and major A-roads, known as the strategic road network

Our partners

The Lower Thames Crossing will be delivered by many organisations, acting as an integrated team

Our funding

The Lower Thames Crossing will be funded by the Department for Transport

Our leadership team

Meet our Lower Thames Crossing executive and non-executive directors

Benefits of the Lower Thames Crossing

£ billions of additional economic benefits

for the country, through increased investment and business opportunities

Almost double the road capacity

created east of London

Thousands of opportunities and free training and resources

for local businesses

22,000 people will work

on the Lower Thames Crossing during construction

90,000 responses to our public consultations

helping us shape the design of the scheme and how we will build it

700+ early careers opportunities

for apprenticeships, graduate or traineeships