Oleg Dmitrievich Grigoriev, Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning of the Republic of Tatarstan
A master plan is a project document. That is, we deal with design solutions for infrastructure, both transportation and engineering. These are design decisions on settlement. That is, where we determine for each territory where to build and when to build, and under what conditions. This is a design decision on ecology, this is a design decision on social facilities and so on. This is the main content.
As for the agglomeration development management system, the Republic of Tatarstan has been centralizing urban planning since January of this year. Now powers have been transferred to all municipalities, excluding Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny. Naberezhnye Chelny will again move to such a centralized system from January 26th and possibly Kazan from January 27th. That is, this gradual centralization of management has already shown very good results, because what we see in terms of the level of documentation, the level of decisions when they were made so separately, and what we are doing now are two big differences.
A master plan is a project document. That is, we deal with design solutions for infrastructure, both transportation and engineering. These are design decisions on settlement. That is, where we determine for each territory where to build and when to build, and under what conditions. This is a design decision on ecology, this is a design decision on social facilities and so on. This is the main content.
As for the agglomeration development management system, the Republic of Tatarstan has been centralizing urban planning since January of this year. Now powers have been transferred to all municipalities, excluding Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny. Naberezhnye Chelny will again move to such a centralized system from January 26th and possibly Kazan from January 27th. That is, this gradual centralization of management has already shown very good results, because what we see in terms of the level of documentation, the level of decisions when they were made so separately, and what we are doing now are two big differences.
Yes, it is a very difficult task in terms of establishing a centralized organization, because now we are faced with a huge layer of tasks to solve it all, to consider for the entire republic. This is where centralization saves us.
We have converted all documents starting from Kazan and Kama agglomerations into digital. Now it is possible to issue documents for any point within these boundaries in 15 minutes. All the information is entered, it is all automated. We are coping with this issue. But at the same time, such a rigid vertical structure, which is now taking shape, does not exclude horizontal coordination. Yes, for any agglomeration, of course, it is necessary, and we, say, offer this in our decisions, first of all, for the Kama agglomeration we need a coordination and analytical center, constantly working, which prepares decisions, which constantly analyzes the situation, develops solutions and passes them to the head, makes calculations.
For example, there are problems with the loading of the railroad. A dynamic model has been made, which will form the basis for the work of a single operator, which is also being created now. This is such coordination and analytical work. This is such a coordination and analytical center.
We have converted all documents starting from Kazan and Kama agglomerations into digital. Now it is possible to issue documents for any point within these boundaries in 15 minutes. All the information is entered, it is all automated. We are coping with this issue. But at the same time, such a rigid vertical structure, which is now taking shape, does not exclude horizontal coordination. Yes, for any agglomeration, of course, it is necessary, and we, say, offer this in our decisions, first of all, for the Kama agglomeration we need a coordination and analytical center, constantly working, which prepares decisions, which constantly analyzes the situation, develops solutions and passes them to the head, makes calculations.
For example, there are problems with the loading of the railroad. A dynamic model has been made, which will form the basis for the work of a single operator, which is also being created now. This is such coordination and analytical work. This is such a coordination and analytical center.