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| Thames Gateway housing plans due | Thames Gateway housing plans due |
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| Details of how more than £9bn will be spent on building 160,000 homes in the Thames Valley are to be announced by the housing minister. | Details of how more than £9bn will be spent on building 160,000 homes in the Thames Valley are to be announced by the housing minister. |
| Yvette Cooper will outline plans for infrastructure around the vast project, such as transport, education and work. | Yvette Cooper will outline plans for infrastructure around the vast project, such as transport, education and work. |
| The estimated number of new jobs in the area has risen from 180,000 to 225,000, she will say. | The estimated number of new jobs in the area has risen from 180,000 to 225,000, she will say. |
| The "eco-region" will use environmental measures in the new homes, as well as improvements to existing homes. | The "eco-region" will use environmental measures in the new homes, as well as improvements to existing homes. |
| The "eco-region" idea is to build Thames Gateway with minimal environmental impact, making new homes "carbon-zero" by 2016, with 80% built on previously-developed land. | The "eco-region" idea is to build Thames Gateway with minimal environmental impact, making new homes "carbon-zero" by 2016, with 80% built on previously-developed land. |
| The area stretches 40 miles from London's Lower Lea Valley east along the Thames into Essex and Kent. | The area stretches 40 miles from London's Lower Lea Valley east along the Thames into Essex and Kent. |
| 'Ambitions' | 'Ambitions' |
| Ms Cooper will praise recent transport projects, such as the Crossrail train link, and London Gateway, the biggest deepwater port in Europe. | Ms Cooper will praise recent transport projects, such as the Crossrail train link, and London Gateway, the biggest deepwater port in Europe. |
| "We have already achieved a great deal but we must raise our ambitions and go further and faster. | "We have already achieved a great deal but we must raise our ambitions and go further and faster. |
| See a computer generated image of one of the Thames Gateway projects in the Ebbsfleet ValleyEnlarge Image | See a computer generated image of one of the Thames Gateway projects in the Ebbsfleet ValleyEnlarge Image |
| "We've now set out plans and money to do so - with a new eco-region offering a great quality of life for its inhabitants; with new educational opportunities and transport links as well as affordable homes," Ms Cooper is set to say. | "We've now set out plans and money to do so - with a new eco-region offering a great quality of life for its inhabitants; with new educational opportunities and transport links as well as affordable homes," Ms Cooper is set to say. |
| "And with better training to equip the local workforce to benefit from the 225,000 new jobs in their area." | "And with better training to equip the local workforce to benefit from the 225,000 new jobs in their area." |
| Earlier this month, a committee of MPs criticised the management of the project by Communities and Local Government, Ms Cooper's department. | Earlier this month, a committee of MPs criticised the management of the project by Communities and Local Government, Ms Cooper's department. |
| It warned that Britain's biggest regeneration project could become a "public spending calamity" if management is not "vastly" improved. | It warned that Britain's biggest regeneration project could become a "public spending calamity" if management is not "vastly" improved. |