Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether traffic flow forecasting and associated modelling in relation to proposals for a Lower Thames Crossing have been based on toll charges at a Lower Thames Crossing being (a) higher, (b) lower or (c) the same as toll charges at the existing Dartford River Crossing.

Traffic flow forecasting and associated modelling in relation to proposals for the Lower Thames Crossing have been based on charges at a Lower Thames Crossing being the same as the road user charges at the existing Dartford River Crossing. The modelling that informed proposals for the Lower Thames Crossing public consultation held earlier this year was based on the charges being the same as those charged at present at the Dartford River Crossing.