LOCAL AGENDA 21 – LOCAL PLAN FOR SUSTAINABLE ...

49GIURGIU• Modernise the harbour area by developing aspecific harbour for passengers, merchandise,sports and tourism in such way that Giurgiubecomes an important point betweenRotterdam and Constanţa and also servesBucharest city;• Build a network for natural gas, which willenhance the economic attraction of the city withthis new energy resource;• Modernise and extend the public infrastructure,which will enhance economic activities byensuring the necessary utilities for all, new andold enterprises.b) Support the development of new economicactivities linked to local resources andtraditions, increase and modernise the existingones, and enhance local business, by:The development of tourism and eco-tourism basedon a programme, which will make the tourism potentialof the area lucrative;• Develop Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs)which manufacture the raw materials providedby agriculture (the sectors with an appropriatepotential are the following: baked goods,canned vegetables, oil, sugar, the brewery,meat and milk);• Support the old companies which are valuablecompetitors on the national and internationalmarket.• Technological up-grade of the factories built inthe communist regime, which are able toproduce using clean technologies. (e.g.sections of the Chemical Industry);• Revitalise the shipyard, taking into account thatthere is qualified human resources andappropriate equipment;• Establish a terminal for the transfer ofcontainers;• Support the activities performed within the FreeZone and encourage foreign investors in thearea;• Develop an interest in office buildings within theharbour amongst companies interested in navaltransport activities and Free Zone activities;• Establish a futures market for cereals and buildappropriate utilities for storage;• Establish a market which is able to trade inagricultural products;• Clarify the status of the Thermo-electrical Plantwith regards remodeling to increase efficiency,and reduce pollution.c) Solve problems within the drinking water andsewerage network by:• Increasing the liability of the pumpingmechanical equipment and providing newequipment in accordance with the availableflow;• Eliminating the differences between the twowater departments by increasing the capacity ofthe North Water Department of the city;• Increasing the safety level of the pumpingstations and decreasing the energyconsumption per cubic metre of water pumped,using high powered electrical pumps;• Modernisation of the water chlorination stations,through automatic systems;• Replacing the damaged water distribution pipelines;• Establishing new water distribution networks,equipped with modern pipelines, in areas whichare still not connected to the water distributionsystem;• Additional works for reshaping the main sectorof the network, including the connectionbetween the two Water Departments, in orderto balance the network.d) Connect the city to the natural gasdistribution networkThere is a project submitted for governmentalapproval, focused on the natural gas supply, whichhas the following objectives and actions:• Execution of a supply pipeline from Bucsani,with a length of 62.94 km and diameters of 500mm;• A measurement station, placed near Giurgiucounty Jail;• A pressure regulation station placed in thesame location.