Uruguay
The government updates metropolitan planning for Montevideo, Canelones and San José
The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning opened a review of an instrument in force for 15 years. The update will seek to adapt common criteria to changes in mobility, the environment, urban expansion and rural uses.
The Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning has launched a review of the strategies that organize the development of the metropolitan area made up of Montevideo, Canelones and San José, according to Montevideo Portal. It is an instrument approved 15 years ago that will now be updated to incorporate territorial, social, economic and environmental changes recorded over that period.
According to that outlet, the process is led by the National Directorate of Territorial Planning and began with a first workshop attended by technical teams from the three departmental governments, the Ministry of Environment and the MVOT itself.
The director of Dinot, Paola Florio, said the review will be structured around four pillars: green infrastructure, mobility, metropolitan rural areas and governance. In this first stage, the focus will be on environmental aspects, with the aim of identifying parks, public natural spaces and areas relevant to conservation, as well as detecting conflicts, threats and management opportunities.
According to Montevideo Portal, one of the central points will be to address those spaces from a metropolitan perspective and not only a departmental one. Florio explained that major green infrastructure cuts across territorial continuities that do not conform to administrative boundaries, so the MVOT will work together with the Ministry of Environment to identify those areas and carry out a strategic environmental assessment of the new planning.
The review starts from the premise that the current reality of the metropolitan area has changed compared with the one that existed when the original strategies were approved. Over these years, land use, mobility dynamics, productive activities and environmental and institutional conditions have changed.
As a result of this first workshop, the expectation is to move toward a common map of parks and natural spaces in the metropolitan area, along with an identification of the main problems and opportunities for their conservation and management. The process is being carried out under Law 18.308 on Territorial Planning and Sustainable Development and also includes the participation of other state agencies, including the ministries of Transport and Public Works; Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries; Environment; Housing; and the Office of Planning and Budget.
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