Thames Freeport bid could generate 25,000 jobs and boost economy in wake of Brexit
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Updated: 14:56, 12 February 2021
A plan to build a new port on the Thames estuary could generate thousands of jobs for people in Kent, according to the team behind the project.
Thames Freeport has this week submitted a bid to build a hub of industry in the estuary, following the governmentâs plan to establish 10 free ports to turbo-charge trading in the post-Brexit economy.
Self-proclaimed âBritainâs trading future,â the project is spearheaded by DP World and Fourth Ports, who hope to convince the government to grant them permission to build a free port incorporating Tilbury Docks, near the Dartford Crossing, as well as London Gateway.
Climate experts have predicted which areas of Essex could be underwater as sea levels continue to rise.
Climate Central, a non-profit organisation, have developed an interactive map showing their predictions of the area’s most likely to be worst hit. The latest data on the map suggests that huge parts of the county could be below sea level by 2050.
In a report by Climate Central, they warn rising sea levels could push chronic floods higher than land currently home to 300 million people in the next three decades.
So what areas in Essex could be underwater by 2050?
Canvey Island
Image: Climate Central
Climate experts have predicted which areas of Essex could be underwater as sea levels continue to rise.
Climate Central, a non-profit organisation, have developed an interactive map showing their predictions of the area’s most likely to be worst hit. The latest data on the map suggests that huge parts of the county could be below sea level by 2050.
In a report by Climate Central, they warn rising sea levels could push chronic floods higher than land currently home to 300 million people in the next three decades.
So what areas in Essex could be underwater by 2050?
Canvey Island
Image: Climate Central
More than 22,000 people to work on Lower Thames Crossing project
Highways England has today (Thursday 28 January) revealed the major jobs boost the Lower Thames Crossing will give to Kent and Essex, with at least 22,000 people expected to work on the country’s largest road scheme since the M25 was built 35 years ago.
From:
28 January 2021
The new crossing under the River Thames will almost double road capacity between Kent and Essex, ease congestion across the region, and divert over 13 million vehicles away from the Dartford Crossing each year, currently the only river crossing east of London. The ambitious scheme includes the longest road tunnels in the UK, 14.3 miles of new road, new viaducts, seven new green bridges, and 24 miles of new paths connecting habitats and communities.