Extra £590m to be spent on river crossing

MINISTERS have pledged another half a billion pounds for the Lower Thames Crossing as part of the Government's ten-year plan for infrastructure.

- By CAITLIN DOHERTY

The further £590 million - out of the budgets announced at last week's spending review - will go towards the road crossing that will link Kent and Essex.

A new structures fund will also invest in repairing bridges, flyo-vers, tunnels and other transport infrastructure such as roads.

The Lower Thames Crossing is aimed at reducing congestion on the Dartford Crossing, with a new motorway-style road.