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Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls

Asked by Jen CraftLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 July 2025UIN 68915

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2025 to Question 65933 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls, on what evidential basis her Department expects there to be fewer car journeys due to higher charges on that crossi

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Our assessment of the impact on demand at the Dartford Crossing from changing the charges applied there drew on existing modelling work, including the Lower Thames Area Model, the National Trip End Model and National Road Traffic Projections.

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