Hanoi’s authorities on July 9 made public the prime minister-approved master plan of the Hoa Lac urban area till 2030, covering 17,274 hectares, with the scale of 1/10,000, Kinhtedothi.vn reported.
Local residents watch the master plan of the Hoa Lac urban area which is displayed at the headquarters of Thach That district People's Committee. Photo: Kinhtedothi.vn |
The township comprises of some parts of Quoc Oai and Thach That districts and Son Tay town, about 30 km from to the west of Hanoi’s downtown.
The master plan of the Hoa Lac urban area is part of the general planning for building the capital city till 2030, with the vision till 2050.
Developing the Hoa Lac urban area into a modern new city with synchronous social infrastructure and technical infrastructure would alleviate the population pressure of Hanoi’s downtown and is supposed to be the driving force for socio-economic development of Hanoi’s outlying districts.
Besides, this also the basis for managing urban and socio-economic development in line with the general planning orientation of the capital city.
In the future, Hoa Lac urban center will become a science and technology city, the hub of advanced intelligence and technology, high-quality human resource training facilities, science and technology research center, national universities and vocational colleges, and hospitals.
This will also be an eco-resort city, comprising of green urban areas, smart and energy-saving city to the west of Hanoi.
Hoa Lac is planned to be the largest of the five satellite towns of Hanoi.
It is expected that the population of the Hoa Lac urban area will be about 150,000 by 2025. By 2030 and the following years, about 600,000 people will be living in the area, with urban dwellers accounting for about 85%.
At the announcement ceremony, representatives from the municipal Department of Planning and Architecture, the Hanoi Institute of Construction Planning handed over the planning scheme files to the People's Committees of Thach That, Quoc Oai and Son Tay towns for their knowledge and implementation.
Director of the Hanoi Institute of Construction Planning Luu Quang Huy said that under the master plan of the Hoa Lac urban area, the Hanoi People's Committee will deploy six subdivision plans and build architectural management regulations and speed up investment attraction.
