The Thames Gateway is a 40-mile-wide area from east and south-east London to Kent and Essex.
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In Kent, the Thames Gateway would have about 40, 000 new houses and Ashford about 30, 000.
The British firm also has plans to build Thames Gateway, a big new container port just outside London.
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Work on a major housing development in the Thames Gateway is close to starting after being on hold for years.
At 453ft (138m) tall - twice the height of Nelson's column - the cranes arrived at the Thames Gateway port from China.
It undoubtedly holds back Dartford and much of the Thames Gateway area.
These are the sort of ideas Ms Hill would like to see employed as the redevelopment of the Thames Gateway area gathers pace.
Services are expected to start running from 2017, including the south-east section down to Abbey Wood, which will open up the Thames Gateway.
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One cornerstone of official housing policy is a plan to build about 120, 000 homes in the Thames Gateway to the east of London.
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The prime minister hailed plans for housing development in the Thames Gateway area but stressed drops in unemployment and the economic growth in the north east.
"Compared to the rest of London and other parts of the UK, the Thames Gateway has a significant skills and jobs gap - particularly among local residents, " the report said.
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The Kent town of Ashford and part of the Thames Gateway, also in Kent, were among the areas earmarked as centres for new homes by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
The scheme targets four growth areas - Milton Keynes and the south Midlands, Ashford in Kent, the Thames Gateway in south Essex and north Kent, and a strip running from Peterborough to London.
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