Thames Gateway

Growth and regeneration in the Thames Gateway

SOUTH ESSEX

NORTH KENT

A 21 ST CENTURY SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS OF LONDONS GROWTH. HOUSING, TRANSPORT, INDUSTRY, BUSINESS TO BE ALLOWED TO GROW IN A SECTOR EAST ALONG THE THAMES

THE SCHEME INVOLVES USING GREEN BELT LAND TO THE EAST, DESTROYING THIS AND FRAGILE ENVIRONMENTS LIKE THE SHEARNESS MARSH

A NEW BUSINESS PARK AT BEAM REACH TO HAVE MANUFACTURING , WAREHOUSING, RESEARCH AND HIGH TECH INDUSTRIES

THE NEW LONDON GATEWAY PORT , INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARK AT SHELLHAVEN

UP TO 100,000 NEW HOMES, MIXED ESTATES, WITH SUSTAINABLE QUALITIESSUCH AS GREENWICH MILLENIUM VILLAGE

INDUSTRIAL AND BUSINESS PARKS

TRANSPORT IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING A 6 LANE BRIDGE

LINKS TO THE EAST LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS

Beam reach business park

INVOLVES USING GREENFIELD AND BROWNFILED SITES. MARSHKLAND HABITATS AND RARE SPECIES OF BRDS MAY BE ENDANGERED.NEW ROADS AND INDUSTRY BRING POLLUTION, CONGESTIONIS THIS A SUSTAINABLE ANSWER?

The gateway is just one of the proposed sectors of growth

M4 corridor to south Wales

M11 corridor to Cambridge

Towards Milton Keynes new town/city