| | Dartford River Crossing: 7 Nov 2006: Westminster Hall debates (TheyWorkForYou.com) |
 | | According to Kent county council, the A282 Dartford crossing approach road is the busiest stretch of road in the county, with approximately 150,000 vehicles using the route each day. |
 | | If the crossing incorporated a rail link as well as a road link, it would help to encourage more businesses to transfer their cargo from road to rail, particularly if the crossing is well connected with the proposed development at Shell Haven and is properly integrated into the national rail network. |
 | | It was first proposed as long ago as the 1960s, as part of the "Roads to Prosperity" programme and it was a key transport objective in "Action in the East Thames Corridor", one of the earliest planning documents relating to the Thames Gateway, which SERPLAN—the London and South East Regional Planning Conference—published in 1990. |
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