Kent business body reacts to Lower Thames Crossing announcement

KentOnline / KMTV

Tudor Price, the chief executive of the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce, says they 'couldn't be happier' with the government's back of the Lower Thames Crossing project.

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00:00Mention is all we needed. That's absolutely perfect for us. I think we couldn't be happier.

00:05The fact that there's been a commitment to move forward with this was exactly what we needed.

00:09We recognise there's going to be need to be private finance, but that's not a problem.

00:13It's really not a problem because we already know that the private investors that are sort of

00:17sniffing around on this already are looking at the model that's taking place through tolls and

00:22revenue from the Dartford Crossing. That's of appeal to them because that comes as part of

00:27the investment package for the new Lower Thames Crossing. So we're absolutely confident that

00:31we investors will be there. And as long as the government gets a green light and push through

00:34the planning and we don't have the whole HS2 debacle, which doesn't sound like we will, then

00:40this is really, really good news for Kent.

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