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Addis' Structural plan sees completion this fiscal year: office

BY WORKU BELACHEW

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ADDIS ABABA- City Planning Project Office of Addis Ababa (CPPOAA) said it has collected primary data on an existing land use of the city from one hundred sixteen Weredas, found in the capital as part of its efforts to see the completion of new structural plan of the city at the end of this fiscal year.

CPPOAA Deputy manager Lealem Berhanu told the Ethiopian herald that the ongoing efforts to realize the project in cooperation with Oromia Special Zone (OSZF), which help to deepen mutual benefits among OSZ and the capital, the need to fitting the plan with the requirements of the GTP and the consolidation of contemporary city planing strategies like, integrated land use with urban transportation, among others are the distinctive markers for the plan making it new urban development plan than a mere revision.

According to lealem the Master Plan, still in effect, has been better enforced than the previous ones hence has advanced the city meaningfully. He further pointed out that two evaluations have been carried out on the implementations of the Master Plan which has been used over the past decade. One is by Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City development (EiABC) while France based Lyon Town Planing Agency carried out the other. The results of the evaluations have indicated that the implementation has brought a considerable achievement particularly in terms of road and housing constructions. However, the existence of capacity limitations with regard to enforcing the plan and unsatisfactory results of real estate development sub-sector among others are identified as weaknesses, he unveiled.

“The city development plan we are eThe Ethiopian Heraldnriching now will have more rooms for a better enforcement than ever before as it is participatory from its initial stage in all aspects. On top of that, there is a high degree of commitment seen from the government's side which is a plus for the enforcement of any city plan” Lealem added.

Asked whether the coinciding of 125 years anniversary of Addis Ababa with the new project has any additional value for their work Lealem said, the anniversary will have a greater importance to create public awareness on the planing, it also serves us being source of information and eases our job.

Addis Ababa City Plan Revision Project was established by a regulation 43/2001 of the city cabinet and it is working with town planing firms which are said to have international experience thereby come up with a new plan that makes Addis suitable for an all rounded activities.

The Ethiopian Herald, Oct-10