Council leader Chris Millington was among the speakers at a special reception to celebrate the progress the Gateway Project has made. Over 70 guests attended the event at the Town's new football stadium at Barrows Farm.

The Gateway Project has so far provided the new £3 million football stadium at Barrows Farm, a £1 million county-standard athletics track at Mark Hall Community School and Sports College, and the first of the new homes on Fifth Avenue. The new £25 million community leisure centre is currently being built at the junction of Second Avenue and Velizy Avenue and is due to open at the end of 2009.