It sounds impossibly ambitious: a team of volunteers is seeking to build a brand new, million-person city on farmland in Suffolk.
The scale of what they have in mind is breathtaking, but they’re deadly serious.
Britain’s failed to hit its housing targets for decades, with the result that young people are not just priced out of home-ownership but even home-occupation.
Something must be done, so why not do something common in many other countries (and, once upon a time, here) and just… build a new city.
Steve McAdam is the Chief Masterplanner for Forest City 1. Given he’s my guest on the Freewheeling Podcast, you won’t be surprised to learn that the city he has in mind is anchored in sustainable transport: walkable, bikeable, with a rail spine and mass transit throughout. And, as you can tell from the name, lots of trees and nature.
Take a listen to the extraordinary story of how you build a brand new city.
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