Growth plans have been unveiled by the Port of Tilbury’s owners, Forth Ports, to further expand the Thames-based port and industrial complex as it submits an outline planning application to Thurrock Council to redevelop a 100-acre brownfield site located immediately adjacent to Tilbury2 (T2) to support its major markets. 

 

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, set out the government’s commitment to delivering the Lower Thames Crossing. 

 

She said: “We will work with a private sector to deliver the infrastructure that our country desperately needs. This includes the Lower Thames Crossing which will improve connectivity at Dover, Felixstowe and Harwich, alleviating severe congestion as goods destined to export come from the North, and the Midlands and across the country to markets overseas. 

 

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https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/lower-thames-crossing/news-and-media/chancellor-backs-lower-thames-crossing/