GSLP-Liberals-Manifesto-2019

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PAUL BALBAN HAS SERVED YOU AS MINISTER FOR TRAFFIC, TRANSPORT, TECHNICAL SERVICES AND THE PORT. HE WAS ALSO
MINISTER FOR HOUSING FOR 2 YEARS. HE READ NUTRITION & FOOD SCIENCE AT OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY COMPLETING
A POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN DIETETICS AT KING’S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. HE WAS TRAINED AT A NUMBER
OF BRITISH HOSPITALS. HE RAN A SUCCESSFUL DIETETIC CLINIC FOR 9 YEARS. PAUL WAS ALSO A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR AND
LATER A TAXI DRIVER FOR 7 YEARS. HE MET HIS PARTNER, GINA 18 YEARS AGO AND THEY ARE THE PROUD PARENTS OF 3
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS. HE IS NOW ALSO THE PROUD CUSTODIAN OF A LUXURIOUS BEARD, WHICH GINA LOVES, AND
WHICH WE CANNOT PERSUADE HIM TO SHAVE!
TOWN PLANNING
TOWN PLANNING ACT 2019
The GSLP Liberal Government has
commenced the Town Planning Act
2019. Since 2011 all GSLP Liberal
Government projects have had to pass
through the DPC for advice. This was
never the case pre-2011 when GSD
Government projects were not even
tabled at the secretive DPC meetings
held. The GSD has recently – after 2011
– insisted we were wrong to make the
changes we made to an open DPC and
suggested we should move back to the
GSD system of secret meetings and no
minutes being published. We do not
accept that is the way forward. The Act
we have commenced will now provide
that all projects including Government
projects will need to be approved by
the DPC. We will consider committing
to expand the cadre in the Town
Planning Department to deal with this
expansion in workload.
GIBRALTAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Work on a new Gibraltar Development
Plan is well underway. A tender was
recently advertised and a Tender Board
will shortly be appointed to consider
all applications. The new development
plan will set out the planning policy for
any future development for Gibraltar.
The plan will provide essential
guidance to developers over the next
10 years following its publication. It
will ensure consistent decision-making
providing certainty for developers.
QUEENSWAY QUAY
A GSLP Liberal Government will not
support the proposed (or similar)
developments that have been
announced in the area of Queensway
Quay, even though the Government
does not own the locations in question.
We will support the inclusion of
Queensway Quay Marina as an open
area in the new Development Plan.
LIVE STREAMING OF DPC
MEETINGS
If re-elected, a GSLP / Liberal
Government will continue with its
plans to live stream the proceedings
of DPC meetings so that interested
parties may be able to listen in from
the comfort of their offices or home
without the need to be present at said
meetings. Although planned and ready
to go, this project has been put on hold
until a new home is found for DPC
meetings following the announcement
of the new theatre within the John
Mackintosh Hall complex.
ON-LINE PAYMENT OF FEES
We will consider ways to allow
applicants/agents to pay their
application fees via the portal as
part of our ongoing commitment to
e-Government and will also explore
ways to allow the submission of revised
plans by applicants and their agents
within the same Planning Portal.
BUILDING CONTROL
We fully respect the views of the
professionals within the Department of
Building Control. We have never, unlike
others, put the professionals in his
department under political pressure.
If re-elected, a GSLP Government will
continue to review the structure of
the Building Control department with
the view of increasing the efficiency
of this very important department by
reconsidering the split between PTOs
and TGs in this department.
TRAFFIC, PARKING &
TRANSPORT
The GSLP Liberals have, over the
last eight years, overseen significant
developments in the context of traffic
and transport. Our signature initiative,
the Sustainable Traffic, Transport and
Parking Plan (‘STTPP’) marked the
first time in Gibraltar’s modern history
when an empirical, evidence-based
plan to tackle the perennial challenges
of traffic in Gibraltar was developed.
This is the backdrop against which all
the real progress we have made in this
area has been set.
The STTPP has enabled us to frame
and deliver upon a vision that captures
the various strands of the traffic
conundrum as well as the many
solutions we are deploying in the
context of our drive to create Green
Gibraltar and the Child Friendly City.
We have taken important strides in the
critical areas of traffic management,
emissions reduction, the use of
alternative and eco-friendly forms
of transport as well as a signature
approach to parking management.
Our achievements are matched only
by our ambition to deliver the best
Gibraltar we can be.
SMART CITY- SMART PARKING
We will introduce a mechanism for
smart parking that will allow you to
...aspire to the best Gibraltar
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