London Gateway Port - 2002 ongoing
Region: Europe
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 2008-02-08
Funded By: Private
This Port Development is located within 30 miles (50 kms) of Central London and consists of a £1.5 bn development by D P World in a deepwater container port and business park. The complex will provide 14,000 new jobs. MEP experts worked with the Developers assessing the impact on the fisheries within the Thames Estuary and acted as expert witnesses at the Public Inquiry in 2004, and continued to liase with the stakeholders. After the project received Govermental go ahead in 2007 MEP have been active in preparing to operate the Disturbance Scheme approved by the Public Inquiry.