Sketch done for MDP transport technical team/ may 2008
Charges
Failure to cater for high commuter demand, and Lack of access to basic public amenities impedes national development and transfers the cost to individuals.
Existing policy of island consolidation (forced migration) does not represent a sustainable, cost-efficient spatial model in regional or atoll terms. It represents a one dimensional knee jerk reaction to serviceability. It assigns value without offering freedom or spirit to socio economic development.
The potential of larger, strategically important islands remain unexplored and their development negated by over congestion and inappropriate pressures on their resources.
The potential of larger, strategically important islands remain unexplored and their development negated by over congestion and inappropriate pressures on their resources.
Safety standards of the MOT do not fulfill ratified international conventions.
Major gaps in the existing regulatory framework and the failure of the Ministry of Transport to implement policy at a integrated national planning level has hindered private sector investment in the sector.
MDP BELIEVE:
That, with the party’s ambition for democratic reforms:
“ACCESSIBILTY & MOBILITY IS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT DETERMINANT FOR THE EQUITIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ISLANDS OF MALDIVES”
that successful implementation and SUSTAINABILTY of such an access program needs well-considered placement of CONTROLS and INCENTIVES consolidate socioeconomic and environmental factors/values.
To develop an integrated transport network:
Engage the Private and Public sector:
Government will invest in the public sector with careful consideration of existing modes and movements, in ways which make private sector investments cost effective.
Economic regeneration:
Regionalized Planning
Assigning value to regions
Through connectivity
Sustainability:
Environmental:
Proper Land Use Planning with public engagement with mobility and transportation with the aim of managing established environmental footprints at island and regional level.
Equity:
Network as medium to assign and consolidate regional assets
Eg:
· Residential lands attractive to developers in the regions
· Build Institutional capacity in the regions
· Industrial capacity.
