TUNNEL UNDER THAMES
Plans Well Advanced
WORK MAY SOON START (British Official Wireless.) (Received January .12, 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, January 10. A great scheme for a road tunnel under the River Thames between Dartford and Purfleet to provide a shortcut for traffic from Kent and the southeast coast into Essex and East Anglia, and in the reverse direction, was advanced considerably by a conference yesterday between the Ministry of Transport and a joint committee of the Kent and Essex County Councils. The Minister of Transport, Mr. L. Hore-Belisha, Has approved revised plans for driving the tunnel at a greater depth to allow of deepening of the river channel. It is hoped that work may be commenced this year. The tunnel, which is estimated to cost £3,900,000, will take five years to build.
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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 92, 13 January 1936, Page 9
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