Sunbeam Bay in 2050

🔮 SUNBEAM BAY 2050: Your Predictions

Last month, the council asked young people to imagine our town in 2050. More than two hundred of you sent ideas. Here are the most popular ones.
🚌 TRANSPORT: Most of you think cars will disappear from the town centre. Instead, there will be electric buses and bike lanes everywhere. Ben, 12, thinks there might also be “a small cable car from the beach to the lighthouse”. It would certainly be popular with tourists.
🌊 THE SEA: This was the most serious topic. Scientists say the sea level will rise, so the harbour wall will need to be higher. Some of you suggested building it now. Others think the beach huts will have to move. They have stood in the same place since 1920.
⚡ ENERGY: Nearly everyone predicted solar panels on every roof and wind turbines out at sea. Amy, 12, says the school will make more electricity than it uses. “We’ll sell it to the town and buy better lunches,” she says.
🏫 SCHOOL: Will there still be teachers? Most of you said yes — “because robots can’t tell when you’re sad”. But lessons might happen outside more often, and homework might be on glasses instead of paper. Max, 12, predicts there won’t be any homework at all. We think that’s unlikely.
🐟 THE SALTY SEAGULL: Every single person said the same thing: it will still be there, and the fish and chips will still be the best in the country. The owner told us this was the nicest prediction of all.