Milton Keynes plans for future growth and infrastructure

A new study to help shape the future growth and facilities over the next 30 years in Milton Keynes is due to be commissioned by the Council.

The study will be used to decide what local infrastructure will best support the city as it grows, ensuring that local people have good access to schools, roads and healthcare before expansion takes place.

Milton Keynes Council recently secured £665,000 in national funding to explore how best to deliver the 60,000 new homes and up to 90,000 new jobs promised in its local plan and strategy for 2050.

The Council also plans to involve local people in its thinking while it develops its strategy to create more affordable homes for local people and reinvest monies created by development in infrastructure and local services.

Leader of Milton Keynes Council, Cllr Pete Marland, said: ‘We have ambitious plans for the next stage of Milton Keynes’ growth, as set out in our local plan and strategy for 2050.  We’ve always been clear that infrastructure must come before expansion.  This study along with the funding will give us a better roadmap to delivering a future MK that is fairer and more prosperous for everyone, but delivers the unique character of the place, grid roads, schools and affordable housing for local families.’

In related news, a record £650bn infrastructure investment will support hundreds of thousands of jobs a year, according to a new Infrastructure Pipeline and the government’s latest Plan for Jobs Progress Update.

425,000 jobs a year are expected to be supported over the next four years in the new investment scheme, which will implement infrastructure projects across the country over the next decade and create new opportunities for thousands of apprentices, technicians, graduates and skilled workers.

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