A proposed new £1 billion bridge would connect Kent with the M11 in Essex, allowing traffic to bypass the M25 and thus making it much easier for traffic to move around London.
If the route is built as looks likely would be especially good for Cambridgeshire and East Anglia as it would give quick access for visitors arriving at Dover and the Channel Tunnel to get to the north east of London without having to negotiate the M25 and Dartford Tunnels.
The bridge would be a toll bridge, but part of the costs would be paid for by the existing Dartford Tunnel and bridge which take M25 traffic across the Thames on the east of London at Gravesend. Currently northbound traffic has to take the Dartford Tunnel and southbound crosses the Queen Elizabeth Bridge.
