ULAANBAATAR NEEDS TO RE-PLANNING ITS URBAN CONSTRUCTION

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia /MONTSAME/ The “Urban construction” seminar started on September 12. It has been co-organized by the Ministries of Construction and urban development, of Road and transportation, and the Administration of Ulaanbaatar and a Ministry of Land, infrastructure, road, transportation and tourism of Japan. The UB city, initially designed for 500 thous. people but populated now by a million and 200 thous., intends to learn the Japanese experience in re-planning and urban construction and to cooperation opportunities. The two sides' representatives gave reports on state policy regarding the urban development, its legal environment and stability, Ulaanbaatar's infrastructure, construction, public transportation, railway, and urban construction in cold weather conditions. A Mayor of Ulaanbaatar, E.Bat-Uul said Tokyo has managed to re-plan its urban construction, spending for this some 20 years. "We have a lot to learn from experience and to develop Ulaanbaatar in short time by re-planning its construction, besides, the Japanese earthquake-proof hi tech is to be studed as well," he said. A research has started to construct together a metro in the UB city, he added. A research, made by the UB city authority, the Ministry of roads, transport and urban development and the Japanese International Cooperation Agency /JICA/, says that the UB city's population will reach two million by 2030. A vice manager of the research project group, Nagayama Katsuhide says the metro will be ready by 2020, a construction will take five years, some 1.5 billion US dollars will be needed. The 18 km line will stretch from the west to the east with six kilometers under Enkhtaivan avenue. The research will finish this year, the financial matter has not been finalized yet, he added. B.Oyundelger