# The A122 (Lower Thames Crossing) Development Consent Order 2025, Paragraph 5: Payments for local residents

Extent: E+W

(1) If a road user charge is imposed under paragraph 3(1), the Secretary of State may enter into an agreement with a local resident (a “local resident’s agreement”) under which, on such terms as may be provided by the agreement, charges for a motor vehicle to be used or kept on the tunnel area may be paid.
(2) A local resident’s agreement—
(a) may relate to such use or keeping on such number of occasions, or during such period, as may be provided by it; and
(b) must provide for a reduction in the road user charge payable under paragraph 3(1) in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).
(3) The reduction referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(b) must reflect the reduction provided to the residents of the borough of Dartford and Thurrock in any agreements relating to payments or discounts in relation to the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing by virtue of the 2013 Order or any replacement Dartford-Thurrock Charging Order.
(4) A local resident’s agreement offered by the Secretary of State under sub-paragraph (1) must be offered on the same terms to all local residents seeking to enter into such an agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/462/schedule/12/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/a122-lower-thames-crossing-development-consent-order-2025/schedule-12/paragraph-5/enacted
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