Talk:Thames Gateway

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To-do list for Thames Gateway:	edit · history · watch · refresh
Clean article to remove POV notice Maps Section on transport Full list of projects Status of projects - some things like Stratford City and developments at Canning Town & Southend have been in the news recently Thames Gateway category for relevant projects and places and populated Plans for open spaces and conservation Clearer description of criticisms/challenges facing the project

Contents 1 POV 2 Local Authorities 3 Kent International Gateway and the Swale crossing project 4 Citations needed!

[edit] POV

I have quite extensively rewritten this site as it seemed to be quite POV against the project so I trimmed much of the arguments down to "Environmental Concerns".

I have moved the information and history of the North Kent Marshes to their own page as it was not strictly relevent to the page, (except of course to mention they are threatened) but it seemed a shame to lose such good info. I don't know much about it, so did little editing. on it.

I have also added brief information as to what the future and current aspects of the project are. MrWeeble 02:58, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I removed some more text which was blatant POV. The article needs more work to make it balanced. MRSC 08:58, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

I've toned down some of the more loaded phrases in the Scope section (some were phrases from a Prescott speech) and added ref to Barker report. The first part of the article is still very 'Government Press Release' style: that's POV too! Will try to do more on this article. JackyR 01:05, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Local Authorities

The article says the region involves fifteen local authority areas, and then lists sixteen. Sadly I don't know which is right, so cannot correct it. Magnate 17:31, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kent International Gateway and the Swale crossing project

A couple of thoughts:-

• In "criticism" is there scope for the current furore about the Kent International Gateway, a logistics depot planned on green-belt land in mid-Kent (see this for evidence of public objections) and backed by the Thames Gateway initiative.
• Also I understood the second Swale crossing (Sittingbourne to Sheppey) was also part of the proposed infrastructure but could see no mention...

Cheers Dick G (talk) 07:22, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations needed!

This has the potential to be a Good Article, but is currently let down by unsourced statements and weasel wording. The citations should be very easy to find, so I've tagged the article with "citation needed" for the most obvious places where they are needed soonest. --John Maynard Friedman (talk) 18:23, 25 February 2008 (UTC)