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Singapore firm to redesign Arusha City
- Construction works start next year
- Slums to give way to high rise buildings
By Staff Writer
Surbana International Consultants (PTE) this week inked a Memorandum of Understanding with the government, through which the Singapore firm will re-design, modernize and sculptor the city and skylines of Mwanza and Arusha urban precincts.
Chinese firms will also be coming into the country to help re-design and plan Dar-es-salaam city as well as Mtwara and Lindi towns to modernize these urban areas, according to officials from the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human settlements.
Chinese firms will also be coming into the country to help re-design and plan Dar-es-salaam city as well as Mtwara and Lindi towns to modernize these urban areas, according to officials from the Minister for Lands, Housing and Human settlements.
The agreement between the State and Singapore company was signed in Arusha on Monday afternoon between the Permanent Secretary in the Minister of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements, Mr Alphayo Kidata and the Singapore Minister for Local and Foreign Affairs Mr Kong Wy Mun as the Arusha District Commissioner, Mr John Mongela and Deputy City Mayor, Mr Prosper Msoffe, looked on.
We need to redesign, plan and modernize our growing cities in order solve problems of inadequate housing, like in the case of Arusha, as well as providing ample space for productive industries as well as business activities, explained Mr Kidata, shortly after the MoU was signed here.
We need to redesign, plan and modernize our growing cities in order solve problems of inadequate housing, like in the case of Arusha, as well as providing ample space for productive industries as well as business activities, explained Mr Kidata, shortly after the MoU was signed here.
Residents of Arusha and Mwanza cities have been at loggerheads with local authorities when it comes to unplanned settlements, invasion of public areas and roads by hawkers and peddlers as well as gridlock traffic jams on their rather limited roads.
That is why the government decided to seek assistance from Singapore so that Surbana International, with a good track record of improving their countrys urban settlements and modernizing infrastructure could apply the same here in Arusha and Mwanza, added the Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Lands and urban settlement.
Mr Kong Wy Mun, the Minister from Singapore said his government was happy to assist Tanzania to clear all unplanned settlements in its cities and create better modern urban precinct to help boost economy, sanitation and solve housing problems.
The works on Arusha and Mwanza cities are expected to start within 12 months from now, or essentially in July 2015 with the Arusha District Commissioner, Mr Mongella, using the occasion to warn local leaders not to be stumbling blocks once the project sails next year.
Surbana International Consultants is a leading consultancy that specialises in sustainable urban solutions ranging from urban planning, design, engineering, project and construction management, coastal engineering, infrastructure, sustainable design technologies and city management.
According to company officials, Surbana has over the last 50 years, managed to sculpt the unique skyline of Singapore, creating a million homes for over 85 percent of the population in an integrated living environment.
The firm which specializes in Architecture, Master Planning, territorial Engineering, Coastal Engineering and Infrastructure, Project Management, City Management, Sustainable Design and Land Survey, boasts expertise across the whole real estate value chain, encompassing architecture, engineering, project and construction management.
That is why the government decided to seek assistance from Singapore so that Surbana International, with a good track record of improving their countrys urban settlements and modernizing infrastructure could apply the same here in Arusha and Mwanza, added the Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Lands and urban settlement.
Mr Kong Wy Mun, the Minister from Singapore said his government was happy to assist Tanzania to clear all unplanned settlements in its cities and create better modern urban precinct to help boost economy, sanitation and solve housing problems.
The works on Arusha and Mwanza cities are expected to start within 12 months from now, or essentially in July 2015 with the Arusha District Commissioner, Mr Mongella, using the occasion to warn local leaders not to be stumbling blocks once the project sails next year.
Surbana International Consultants is a leading consultancy that specialises in sustainable urban solutions ranging from urban planning, design, engineering, project and construction management, coastal engineering, infrastructure, sustainable design technologies and city management.
According to company officials, Surbana has over the last 50 years, managed to sculpt the unique skyline of Singapore, creating a million homes for over 85 percent of the population in an integrated living environment.
The firm which specializes in Architecture, Master Planning, territorial Engineering, Coastal Engineering and Infrastructure, Project Management, City Management, Sustainable Design and Land Survey, boasts expertise across the whole real estate value chain, encompassing architecture, engineering, project and construction management.
Source Arusha Times.
