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AppendixSingapore Approach: 8.1.3 (Singapore as a Case Study)• Traffic control: With 4,72km road per square kilometers of landarea, Singapore has the second-densest road network in theworld, after Belgium. Developing the necessary infrastructure totransport people and goods, Singapore had the followingsolutions: building rapid transit rail systems and establishingintegrated residential and commercial centres in new towns toreduce pressure on the Central Business District. Singapore wentone step further: the authorities encouraged Singaporeans touse public transport by imposing taxes to discourage privateownership of cars, while at the same time reducing taxes forvehicles that move goods that contribute to the economy.Integrating these policies allowed Singapore to establish aninfrastructure system that makes speedy movement of peopleand goods on land. But again – it involved a master plan thatintegrated various disciplines, such as town planning, roadplanning, public transport policies and taxation policies.• It also implemented an electronic road pricing (ERP) system thatcould allow the use of busier roads to be monitored. A road thatappears to have heavy traffic is subject to price increases thatreflect the intensity of traffic on the specific road.• Airports: Singapore has three military airfields, a general aviationairfield and the Changi International Airport that is ranked thesixth busiest airport in the world, handling millions of passengersdaily. The authorities designed new runways to accommodatethe new mega aeroplanes and the airport is directly linked tothe mass rapid transit system.• Planning, planning – and more planning: So how did Singaporemanage to evolve from a little trading post in the early 1800s toa city-state that is the envy of many large countries? The answerlies in planning within a master planning framework. Singapore isfortunate in that its political and social system encouragesintegration through policy-making. Although it is a small• country it achieved what many larger countries have yet toaccomplish.• Today Singapore’s Spectacular Statistics:It has the third highest per capita income inthe world.It is consistently ranked as one of the leastcorrupt countries in the world.It has the highest trade-to-GDP ratio in theworld at 407,9%, signifying the importance oftrade to its economy.It’s only Asian country to have AAA-creditratings from all three major credit ratingagencies –Standard &Poor’s, Moody’s, and Fitch.It’s the world’s fourth leading financial centre.The World Bank has named Singapore as theeasiest place in the world to do business.It has the world’s highest percentage ofmillionaires, with one out of every sixhouseholds having at least one million USdollars in disposable wealth.(Source: Gauteng’s Integrated InfrastructureMaster Plan and the Singapore ModelJ. Ajayi Patunola & Co.. Estate Surveyors & Valuers 38
AppendixLIST OF N<strong>ON</strong>-CRITICAL OR URGENT PROJECTSS/N Project Title Sector Status Total Cost (N B)1 Construction 2nd runway AbujaInternational airportAviation New 5.32 Installation of 4 Doppler weatherradar Aviation NewAviation New 1.13 Procurement and installation.maintenance of ALSIM, Thales radarand visual tower simulators AviationNewAviation New 1.44 Construction of Bayelsa airportAviation OngoingAviation Ongoing 0.75 Fencing of all major airportsAviation OngoingOngoing 10.6Total 19.1J. Ajayi Patunola & Co.. Estate Surveyors & Valuers 39
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