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Backing Thurrock gains Cabinet support THURROCK Council’s roadmap for recovery, resilience, and growth has been agreed by Cabinet (Wednesday March 10). The ‘Backing Thurrock Strategy and Action Plan’ sets out actions that will help the council to strengthen and grow the economy through supporting major strategic projects such as the Thames Freeport, improving skills within the workforce, helping businesses to become more productive and competitive and delivering economic infrastructure. It is therefore a key element of the council’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Al...

Thurrock Council’s roadmap for recovery, resilience, and growth has been agreed by Cabinet (Wednesday March 10). The ‘Backing Thurrock Strategy and Action Plan’ sets out actions that will help the council to strengthen and grow the economy through supporting major strategic projects such as the Thames Freeport, improving skills within the workforce, helping businesses to become more productive and competitive and delivering economic infrastructure. It is therefore a key element of the council’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside the Local Plan, Backing Thurrock will fo...

Grays is one step closer to securing up to £25million of government funding to accelerate the regeneration of the town by reconnecting it with the river, improving the station gateway, and creating a brand new beach destination and maritime activity centre. Grays Towns Fund Board submitted once-in-a-lifetime plans to transform the town into the leisure heart of Thurrock, making Grays a healthier and more attractive place to live, work, learn and play. If funding is secured a brand new beach destination will open up the riverside, providing a new active space for local residents and vis...

A BID for more than £25million to transform Tilbury in a "once in a lifetime" opportunity with state-of-the-art facilities has been sent to the government. Thurrock Council's plans include a brand new youth facility, a brand new jetty and vast improvements to the town’s station, civic heart and heritage. The youth facility sits firmly at the heart of these plans and has been designed in conversation with residents who live and work in Tilbury. It will provide a facility on Anchor Fields that is easily accessible to everyone and includes a training kitchen, multi-sensory room, sp...

Councillor Mark Coxshall says the new Thames Freeport will help 'level-up' Thurrock A NEW freeport will hugely bolster employment in Thurrock, a leading councillor has proclaimed. DP World and Forth Ports are bidding for a new Thames Freeport, with London Gateway, the Port of Tilbury and Ford’s Dagenham engine plant with the Thames Enterprise Park at its heart. Thames Enterprise Park is a 669-acre former oil refinery ripe for development. A freeport in Thurrock would secure more than £400 million in port infrastructure, which will lead to a doubling of a port capacity and over 20,0...