Award-winning smart city programme shelved over lack of funding

Peterborough’s smart city programme has been suspended due to funding challenges.

The Future Peterborough initiative, launched in 2012 and delivered by economic development agency Opportunity Peterborough in partnership with Peterborough City Council, gained a reputation for punching above its weight. It was selected as one of four UK Future City Demonstrators in 2013 and in 2015, the mid-sized city saw off competition from Moscow, Dubai and Buenos Aires to win the World Smart City award at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona.

In 2017, Peterborough was named as one of the top ten smart cities in the UK by Navigant Research (now named Guidehouse Insights).

The programme h...