Milton Keynes 50 years on: what's holding back new development?

摘要

January marked the 50th anniversary of the unveiling of proposals for what would become Milton Keynes. In 1967, the Labour government introduced legislation to the House of Commons that outlined the creation of its final new town in more than 21,000 acres of Buckinghamshire farmland. Milton Keynes Council marked the milestone by publishing 50 fascinating facts about the town, "If London was built to the same density as Milton Keynes it would cover East Anglia" is one of the trivia-like snippets.