Better by design

By Sadie Morgan2018-07-25T11:55:00

We need to embed design into the DNA of our built environment and ensure infrastructure connects on a human scale. A new assessment from the NIC points to how it might be done

Last week the UK’s first ever National Infrastructure Assessment (NIA) was published by the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC). Three years in the making, it analyses the UK’s long-term infrastructure needs up to 2050, setting out recommendations for how these needs should be prioritised and addressed.

All the recommendations are backed by rigorous research and analysis, which has enabled them to be independent, unbiased, and not tainted by political short-term thinking.

Our recommendations are wide ranging, from full fibre broadband connection across the whole of the country by 2025, a cities fund of £43bn, and ambitious targets on waste and flooding, to switching to low-carbon and renewable sources for the country’s power and heating.

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