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<p>Pursuant to the answer to Question 185590 on A303 and Lower Thames Crossing: Private
Finance Initiative, private finance will not be used for the upgrade of the A303 and
the Lower Thames Crossing.</p><p> </p><p>The estimated cost of developing and building
the Lower Thames Crossing, as set out in Highways England’s public consultation on
10 October 2018, was between £5.3bn and £6.8 bn. The estimated cost of developing
and building the A303 Stonehenge scheme, as set out at the Preferred Route Announcement
in September 2017, was £1.6bn.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England continue to refine cost
estimates as they develop the business cases for these schemes.</p>
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