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TRANSPORT/INFRASTRUCTURE
Third Generation Planning Project, Libya
URBAN PLANNING FOR FIRST QUARTER OF THE 21ST CENTURY
WSP is providing expert staff to support the National Consulting
Bureau (NCB) of Libya in the Third Generation Planning Project.
During a four-year planning period they will assist NCB in preparing
regional, local, urban and detailed plans for the Libyan Government,
as well as updating approved urban plans in line with Libya’s rapidly
changing economic conditions.
This project follows a Second Generation Planning Project
implemented in 1980-82 by a Polish consultant whose services
were procured by NCB.A team of experts from WSP in Sweden
were asked to evaluate this work in 1982, and this led to an
invitation to tender for the Third Generation Planning Project and
our appointment in December 2004.At the same time WSP staff
were also allocated to the parallel National Programme for Water
and Sanitation, which has synergies with the main project.
By 2005 a team of 20 experts were employed in Libya on the
Third Generation Planning Project, with a further 15 working on the
National Programme for Water and Sanitation.Their main challenges
were the collection of data from the many different authorities –
a very time-consuming process – and the introduction of a modern
planning methodology in a country which has been almost closed
from foreign influence during a number of years.
The scope of WSP’s work on the main planning project covers the
period 2005-2025 for a quarter of Libya, including the region of
Tripoli.WSP’s appointment covers the period 2005-2009, of which
the first two years is being spent preparing regional planning reports,
followed by the delivery of urban and detailed plans from 2007-2009.
In addition WSP will be surveying, updating maps, providing statistics,
setting up the IT and GIS infrastructure and providing the project
with maps at various scales.The planning documents produced will
form steering documents for Libya’s future spatial development.
Client:
National Consulting Bureau (NCB) of Libya
Project value:
£30M
Timescale:
Four-year project covering the planning period 2005-2025
Status:
Completion December 2008
WSP services:
Regional planning
Urban planning
Traffic engineering
Landscape design
Environmental consultancy
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