Looking at the wider context we see a number of tendencies which will limit the role
and impact of the Tunnel. We believe that cross-Channel traffic will grow slowly
because of the increasing convergence of prices, the perceived need to continue a high
level of precautions against illegal migration and terrorist activity, and minimal
growth in cross-Channel commuting. Expansion will therefore be dependent upon
major economic change in areas served by the Tunnel and CTRL: the only likely area
of growth seems to us to be Ebbsfleet and the Thames Gateway which will become a
major economic growth pole for South East England but with only a subsidiary role in
relation to Europe. We do not believe Ashford, Dover or Shepway will experience
major economic growth, though Ashford may continue to expand as a dormitory area
and local service centre.
In other words all the evidence from a period which might have seen major changes in
the Kent economy points to an essential continuance of the status quo: a major
transport infrastructure project does not necessarily change the economic fortunes of a
region.
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Assessment, London: HMSO
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