Dear Rebecca Lush

Thank you for your request relating to Lower Thames Crossing - latest
construction emissions estimate dated 17 March 2022. 

The due date for issuing a response is 14 April 2022.

Please feel free to contact our team if you have any queries quoting
FOI/3399 in any future communications

Kind regards

Amanda Speight

FOI Advice

You can make new FOI requests and review published responses by
visiting [1]https://foiform.highwaysengland.co.uk/

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Dear Ms Lush

I would like to apologise for the delay in providing the response to your
request (FOI 3399) which was due on 14th April 2022.

We have just been made aware of an administrative error (concerning an
out-date-email address on our case management system) which meant our
communications with the relevant business area were not being received..

We have corrected the error and are now processing your request as an
urgent priority.

Thank you for your patience, and  I am very sorry for any inconvenience
caused by this unfortunate delay,

Yours sincerely  

Louisa Gosling

Dear Ms Lush
 

Lower Thames Crossing 

Thank you for your information request dated 17 March 2022 regarding Lower
Thames Crossing. We have dealt with your request under the provisions of
the Environmental Information Regulation 2004. 

This is because the information requested concerns measures and activities
affecting or likely to affect elements of the environment or affect
factors such as noise, pollution discharges and other releases into the
environment. 

You asked - 1. Our latest calculations for the construction emissions from
this scheme 2. Previous calculations of the construction emissions from
this scheme.

I can confirm that we hold the information you have requested. 

I have included the breakdown of construction emissions by material during
the construction of the Lower Thames Crossing. As you will be aware we are
developing a revised Development Consent Order application which we intend
to submit later this year, and the construction carbon estimate will be
updated for this application based on the revised design and construction
plans.

Material tCO2e
Steel                             493,000
Diesel                             255,000
Concrete                             234,000
Cement for grouting                             104,000
Risk                             360,000
Material transport                             186,000
Plastic                               42,000
Asphalt                               39,000
Other                               43,000
 Total                         1,756,000

I have also attached the previous calculation, which was submitted as part
of our Development Consent Order Application in October 2020.

If you are not satisfied with your response you may ask for an internal
review within 40 working days of receiving the response, by replying to
this email. You can learn more about the internal review process [1]here. 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information

Commissioner can be contacted [2]here or via the address below – 

            Information Commissioner’s Office  

            Wycliffe House  

            Water Lane 

            Wilmslow 

            Cheshire 

            SK9 5AF 

Please remember to quote reference number FOI/ 3399 in any future
communications about this response.  

Kind regards 

Matt Palmer

Lower Thames Crossing – Executive Director  

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