How ambitious ‘forest city’ plan for England could become a reality
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from on (#71NVG)
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade
In the next few years, spades could be in the ground for a city made of wood, in the middle of the largest new nature reserve created in England in decades, with four-bedroom homes on sale for 350,000.
It sounds too good to be true, but a cross-party coalition of campaigners is trying to make a forest city" to house a million people a reality, with construction commencing by the end of this parliament. It would be the first such project in England since the purpose-built new town of Milton Keynes in the 1960s.
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