Massive Redevelopment Plan for Thames Gateway

An extensive redevelopment program is planned for East London, in an area one commenter calls "the land that God forgot."

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March 5, 2010, 2:00 PM PST

By Tim Halbur

Edward Platt writes, "The Thames Gateway scheme, to develop the vast tracts of brownfield land that begin in east London and extend far beyond the city's borders, has been described as the largest urban regeneration project in the world."

"The area covers 15 local authorities, home to some of the most deprived wards in England, and three regions of England. It is home to 1.6 million people at present, but planners believe it has the capacity to absorb half a million more: the government aims to create 160,000 new houses and 225,000 new jobs in the region by 2016, as well as the additional infrastructure, in the form of schools, hospitals and transport links, that will be required to support the communities emerging on the banks of the Thames."

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Friday, March 5, 2010 in The New Statesman

Government / Politics Urban Development United Kingdom Redevelopment Urban Renewal

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