Rachel Reeves ponders private finance to help fund £9bn Lower Thames Crossing
by Phillip Inman from on (#6PYC5)
Chancellor looks at handing income from tunnel tolls to investors in UK's largest infrastructure project
The Treasury is investigating how to attract private finance to bring down the cost of the UK government's largest planned infrastructure project, the 9bn Lower Thames Crossing.
Rachel Reeves's department is considering handing over the income from tolls to a private consortium in return for a cash injection that would reduce the cost to the public purse.
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