On October 18, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visited the state unitary enterprise “ToshkentboshplanLITI” and got acquainted with the draft master plan of the city of Tashkent until 2045.
According to the press service of the head of state, today the territory of the city of Tashkent is 43 thousand hectares, the population is approaching 3 million people. The load on the infrastructure has increased. The number of vehicles is growing every day, and road traffic is becoming more difficult.
“Tashkent is our beautiful capital, the largest city of our country. In five years, we have created conditions for investment and entrepreneurs, new houses and modern facilities have been built. Now it is necessary to think about the future and clearly define a strategy, otherwise life in the city will become more complicated in ten years. The infrastructure will not withstand the additional load. From now on, we have no room for error. If we do not make a project that looks 50 years ahead, taking into account all the amenities for the people, the city will be left without architecture, without economy, without ecology,” the President said.
Paying special attention to this issue, the President set the task of preserving the architectural appearance of the capital, moving future construction projects outside the city. In particular, last year, at the opening ceremony of the “Yangi Uzbekiston” park and at a meeting with voters from Tashkent, it was noted that the concept of the city’s further development was being developed.
Over the course of two years, foreign and domestic designers have been working on the project at the SUE “ToshkentboshplanLITI”. The dynamics of population growth, the state of transport and engineering communications, climate change were analyzed, on the basis of this, a strategy for the development of transport hubs and settlements was developed.
During the presentation, the President was informed about this strategy. First of all, it is planned to digitize the cadastre of the city of Tashkent and make public information about land categories. Users, including those wishing to open their own business, can find out via the Internet which category a particular site belongs to.
To solve the problem of traffic jams, public transport will be improved. The presence of a stop within a radius of at least 15 minutes on foot from the house will become mandatory. Also, on the outskirts of the city, according to the Park and ride principle, parking lots will be organized near public transport stops.
Another important measure is the establishment of social requirements for buildings. For example, if it is planned to build a multi-storey building in the city, depending on its type, certain standards will be set for the availability of a school, a kindergarten, consumer service points, parking spaces.
Greening is essential in the current era of global warming. To date, 7,000 hectares of green areas remain in the city of Tashkent. Based on the nationwide project “Yashil Makon” initiated by the President, the draft master plan provides for the creation of a “green belt” around the large ring road, the organization of theme parks along the canals flowing through the city. In general, it is planned to increase the area of green areas to 25,000 hectares.
“Our city development strategy was also approved by authoritative experts of the world. Now for each location you need to find out the opinion of people, build wisely and efficiently. The new city should be worthy of our people, appropriate to our climate, modern,” Shavkat Mirziyoyev said.
The need to involve young specialists in the project, increase their experience, and balanced development of the architectural appearance of districts and cities has been indicated.
There was also a presentation of projects for the reconstruction of the State Museum of Applied Arts and the History of Handcraft of Uzbekistan, the modernization of the architectural appearance of the administrative center of the Denau district, Surkhandarya region.
