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| Green schemes for Thames Gateway | Green schemes for Thames Gateway |
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| More family homes and better designed buildings will be key to the Thames Gateway development, Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has pledged. | More family homes and better designed buildings will be key to the Thames Gateway development, Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has pledged. |
| The Interim Plan will lay down the foundations for 180,000 jobs and 160,000 homes over the next 10 years. | The Interim Plan will lay down the foundations for 180,000 jobs and 160,000 homes over the next 10 years. |
| Ms Kelly said the government also believed the area could boost the UK economy by up to £12bn a year. | Ms Kelly said the government also believed the area could boost the UK economy by up to £12bn a year. |
| The aim is for the development, which stretches from east London to north Kent and Essex, to become zero-carbon. | The aim is for the development, which stretches from east London to north Kent and Essex, to become zero-carbon. |
| Family-friendly housing | Family-friendly housing |
| Ms Kelly told the Thames Gateway Forum that the regeneration "requires long-term commitment and focus from us and our partners. | Ms Kelly told the Thames Gateway Forum that the regeneration "requires long-term commitment and focus from us and our partners. |
| "We are already seeing progress on the ground in the Gateway with new transport links, university campuses, jobs and homes but for real success we must go further and faster." | "We are already seeing progress on the ground in the Gateway with new transport links, university campuses, jobs and homes but for real success we must go further and faster." |
| The Thames Gateway needs to be a beautiful place to live as well as a great place to work and invest Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper | The Thames Gateway needs to be a beautiful place to live as well as a great place to work and invest Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper |
| She said she also wanted a stronger emphasis on leadership, the environment and "particularly on well-designed family-friendly housing". | She said she also wanted a stronger emphasis on leadership, the environment and "particularly on well-designed family-friendly housing". |
| Environmentalists have raised concerns the pressure to build new homes is leading to badly thought-out housing projects which will damage the environment and wildlife. | Environmentalists have raised concerns the pressure to build new homes is leading to badly thought-out housing projects which will damage the environment and wildlife. |
| The plans, drawn up by the Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership, are designed so that the area will set new environmental standards for the rest of the country. | The plans, drawn up by the Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership, are designed so that the area will set new environmental standards for the rest of the country. |
| As an economic hub there are plans to create 160,000 new homes and 180,000 new jobs along the Thames Estuary by 2016. | As an economic hub there are plans to create 160,000 new homes and 180,000 new jobs along the Thames Estuary by 2016. |
| This will be achieved by encouraging business investment in key locations, such as Canary Wharf, Stratford and Ebbsfleet Valley, and improving education and healthcare. | |
| Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper said: "The Thames Gateway needs to be a beautiful place to live as well as a great place to work and invest. | Housing and Planning Minister Yvette Cooper said: "The Thames Gateway needs to be a beautiful place to live as well as a great place to work and invest. |
| "The sheer scale of development means the Gateway is a great location to pioneer new environmental technologies and to go further in cutting carbon emissions." | "The sheer scale of development means the Gateway is a great location to pioneer new environmental technologies and to go further in cutting carbon emissions." |