Hakim Bey: The preliminary draft of the construction law will ensure real urban planning – Al-Hiwar Al-Jazairia

Today, Saturday, the Director General of Urbanization and Architecture, Hakim Bey, confirmed during his speech at the school days about the preliminary draft of the Urbanization Law, that the revision of the Urbanization Law will ensure real urban planning, to radically eliminate the manifestations of chaos, so that all building and construction operations in the future are subject to For legal framework and strictly controlled, especially in cities.

The speaker highlighted that the review of this draft law will determine the general urban planning system and the land occupation system, after clarifying the limits of the regulatory framework in force in the field of construction through manifestations, the deterioration of the living framework, as well as the built framework, inconsistent urban expansion, incompatibility between tools Preparing the territory and construction tools, not integrating the problem of sustainable development, illegal and incomplete buildings, not being able to monitor the construction field.

The same official explained that a preliminary draft of the construction law has been prepared with a new vision that is compatible with the requirements and objectives of sustainable development, as well as the agenda of the New World Urban Agenda, which was ratified by Algeria and emanating from the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, in order to achieve sustainable urbanization. Harmonious, regular and tight.

In the same context, the spokesman said, “Given the importance of this draft law, which must emerge from a wide-ranging consultation, as the process of enshrining it comes within a consultative and participatory approach, in which all stakeholders participate, whether at the local, regional or national level (local groups, various Concerned ministries, professional organizations and representatives of civil society … etc.), and in order to enrich the content of this law, it was proposed to establish a joint ministerial work force after we had obtained approval, consisting of representatives of all concerned sectors, “the interior, finance, justice, environment and Tourism”, to study and follow up work on the preliminary draft of this law, where up to today, 6 meetings have been held for the latter at the level of the same ministry, through which all observations and suggestions initiated by the various ministerial departments can be studied and taken into account.”

On the other hand, the Director General stated that his interests aspire to achieve a new, sustainable and close city, highlighting in the same context the basic objectives of this draft law, such as organizing the process of urbanization and urban sprawl, improving living conditions, reducing long journeys, protecting the environment, organizing and developing regional cohesion and decision-making in a project. Urban planning on a new regional scale, taking into account the functional scale and interactions between residents and movements, as well as work areas, as all of this represents a dynamic concept for demarcating the boundaries of the territory in the field of city planning, and is not subject only to administrative boundary standards or legal statements to define urban operations and ensure economic balance. And social and better management of the needs of the population and less developed municipalities as well as to ensure social justice between urban sectors.

In this regard, the same official highlighted that the new construction bill would allow anticipating social, ecological, economic, and technological developments to create and upgrade a high-quality living framework, saying in this regard, “This law will enable the establishment of new and innovative values ​​and principles in the field of study and analysis.” Achievement and management, especially in the fields related to the realization of development projects, new cities, urban poles and areas of activities to attract investment and create jobs, as well as the renewal of urban fabrics and the supervision and appreciation of technical advice in the field of construction while strengthening the devices and means of monitoring in the field of construction by strengthening the work of the departments And the authorities responsible for investigating violations related to the violation of the provisions of legislation and regulation in the field of reconstruction and enrichment

As for the aspect related to violations, the spokesman stated that this draft law will address the aspect related to penalties without prejudice to the more severe penalties stipulated in the Penal Code or special laws.

In the same context, the interventionist stressed that it is expected to strengthen the role of all active members in the monitoring process, especially the head of the Municipal People’s Assembly, the delegated and juror agents of the local authorities, and the agents of the monitoring and investigation factions, as well as the creation of the Urban Police, which is considered the effective supervisory executive body that will devote its tasks to work on Preventing the occurrence of construction crimes, avoiding violating the construction rules, and preserving urban public order through a permanent presence in the field and monitoring construction operations by assigning patrols to monitor and inspect violations.

With regard to the most important developments brought by the new text, the speaker mentioned that the urban area, project management, defining the organizational construction tools and the new process, monitoring in the field of urbanization, are included in the same context with a new concept “the geographical concept of the urban area.” This space, which is added to the administrative division, represents the functional periphery of the city.