Comment

Representation ID: 1903

Received: 07/08/2024

Respondent: Peter Chatwell

The big opportunity is to repurpose the medway city estate into a 21st-century economic hub. Think of it as an opportunity for some of London's finance and technology businesses to access cheaper labour and real estate costs, and for scientific/tech research and development to join them. A canary wharf moment for Medway.
Doing this could alleviate the need to close Chatham docks, which are more in keeping with Medway's DNA, and would mean that jobs do not need to be lost (given Arcelor steel's position that the jobs will not be retained in the UK).