Extra £174m earmarked for ‘spiralling’ bill for Lower Thames Crossing

The Guardian - More than mp;pound;3bn is due to be spent on the proposed road tunnel between Kent and Essex, which is estimated to have higher costs per mile than HS2.Ministers have earmarked more than mp;pound;170m extra to help build the Lower Thames Crossing road tunnel, fuelling concerns over the mp;#147;spirallingmp;#148; costs of one of the UKmp;#146;s largest planned infrastructure projects.The proposed mp;pound;11bn route under the Thames between Kent and Essex is already estimated to co