Building Pune: Civic body to prepare Local Area Plan for 4 metro stations

“This (LAP) would help in proper planning of urban infrastructure alongside Metro routes considering high-rise buildings will come up due to increased permissible FSI and high population density. The citizens would be able to have the required civic amenities in the area… The existing space will be encouraged for redevelopment and open space will be used for creating necessary civic infrastructure for the citizens of the area,” said a civic officer.

“The city, at present, consists of three metro lines covering a stretch of approximately 37.3 km having 36 metro stations. The PMC (Pune Municipal Corporation) has taken up the Local Area Plan preparation for the identified pilot stretch of approximately one km buffer on either side which is approximately three square km area per station of each metro station,” said PMC City Engineer Prashant Waghmare.

Initially, LAP will be prepared for Swargate, Vanaz, Baner, and Pune railway stations.

“The experiences of the pilot initiative would be used for preparing LAP for all the stations and metro routes,” the officer said.

Objectives of Local Area Plan:

• Each LAP will sync with the Comprehensive Mobility Plan of the city
• Effective street network and connectivity
• Efficient integration with Public Transit
• Parking management for the area
• Effective utilisation of land under public domain
• Ensuring optimum FSI utilisation, redevelopment potential
• Upgrading physical infrastructure
• Ensuring sufficient social amenities
• Preparing regulations to have the infrastructure for high-density population
• Preparing urban design guidelines for safe and active streets
• Ensuring gender safety
• Ensuring pedestrian-friendly environment