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Article: A blighted land to be reborn
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 5, 1994
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The Government has finalised its vision for the regeneration of
London's blighted eastern flank, Independent London can reveal.
At the forefront of the Department of the Environment's strategy
is an attempt to give the East Thames Corridor a more positive
image, with logo, and new name, Thames Gateway.
On Wednesday a document will be launched mapping out the
Government's dream of a new boomtown with an integrated transport
network and thousands of jobs in an area which has been the city's
dumping ground for centuries.
The corridor stretches from Stratford and Greenwich to Tilbury
in Essex, and Sittingbourne and the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. It
contains miles of river frontage, many heritage ...