Dagenham and Ebbsfleet among locations for institutes specialising in environmental technologies

Three separate 'sustainability institutes' are to be set up in new buildings within the Thames Gateway, according to the chief executive of the regeneration programme.

Thames Gateway chief executive Judith Armitt told 黑洞社区 magazine that, further to the announcement by prime minister Gordon Brown at the Thames Gateway Fourm, there would be three separate premises dedicated to research into new environmental technologies.

These would be sited in Dagenham, Ebbsfleet and one other as yet undecided location, said Armitt. In addition the government was also planning to site a new marine logistics academy with the forthcoming port development at Shellhaven in Essex.

These academies would be paid for from the 拢200 million economic investment fund announced by Brown at the Thames Gateway Forum. Armitt said the private sector would contribute 拢75 million to this fund, which will support initiatives to increase employment across the gateway.

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