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Sir David Murray 'to build eco-village'
24/06/10
Edited by Tom Bardsley. People thinking of retrofitting residential property to reduce their carbon footprint may be interested to know that Sir David Murray has gone one step further with plans to build an environmentally-friendly village.
The former chairman of Rangers football club intends to build a 3,500-home settlement called the Garden District, where residents would grow their own fruit and veg and the town would have its own sports facilities - including a stadium large enough to seat 25,000 people and a curling rink.
Sir Murray's plan could cost as much as £1 billion and would host the Calyx - an idea of the BBC's Beechgrove presenter Jim McColl, which would become the nation's National Garden Centre, demonstrating sustainable gardening tips to visitors.
"Our vision in 2010 for Edinburgh's Garden District has been carefully formulated over several years and we believe these ambitious proposals will provide a positive lasting legacy for the city," he commented.
However, there have been concerns about the plan, as it would be built in an area near Edinburgh that would need to have its greenbelt status removed.
