Edinburgh launches new smart city strategy

Edinburgh City Council has approved its latest smart city strategy which incorporates plans to boost digital inclusion and sustainability.

The Digital and Smart City strategy 2024 – 2027 is aimed at accelerating the city’s technological transformation, and follows a previous strategy launched in 2020 which the council says has made "significant progress in using digital tools to improve the city’s infrastructure and services".

"Our biggest priorities for Edinburgh are to create good places to live and work, tackle poverty and inequality and become a net zero city – our smart city approach is central to all three of those aims," said Cammy Day, the leader of Edinburgh Council.

"We’ve...