Exeter City Futures
Brownfield or green?
At yesterday’s second scrutiny meeting in the series being orchestrated by the city council to air Exeter City Futures’ ideas about using Exeter as an urban guinea pig for its development fund project it was Frazer Osment’s turn to play the ringer.
Exeter City Council abandons city 2030 decarbonisation “ambition”
Unannounced decision to exclude scope 3 emissions constituting around 43% of Exeter’s carbon footprint from ‘net zero’ plans effectively ensures city will not meet its decarbonisation goals.
Council reveals plan for “Pods in Exeter’s Sky” to beat city congestion
Exeter City Futures proposal connects key city sites with a network of Alpine-style cable cars as an alternative to traffic improvement measures.
It’s scrutiny Jim, but not as it should be
The city council kicked off a quartet of scrutiny meetings intended to pave the way for councillors to give Exeter Development Fund a green light with a session last night that resembled a sales pitch.
