EBBSFLEET VALLEY
Ebbsfleet Valley is one of the most exciting opportunities for urban regeneration that the United Kingdom has had in decades. 17 million square feet of floorspace carefully shared out between residential, business, retail, leisure and community uses will mean creating a place with a population close to that of, say, Chichester, built on 1,035 acres of land - equivalent to three Hyde Parks - over 20 years. 40% open space and parkland. Up to 10,000 homes. Up to 20,000 jobs. Fast mainline connections to London and Paris. Large enough in scale to define its own way of life.
The fact that everything is starting from new gives Ebbsfleet Valley a massive advantage over other developments because it can be conceived as a whole. With Ebbsfleet Valley, transport, schools, medical centres, housing, offices, leisure, shops and community activities are being dovetailed to work together in a way that simply isn't possible on a smaller scale.
The sculpture will be sited in the South Eastern corner of Ebbsfleet Valley in Springhead Park and will be visible far and wide - from the A2 in both directions, from trains travelling on High Speed 1 and from Ebbsfleet International Station.