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The Hindu Bureau

Corporation awaits final notification of Kochi Master Plan for drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan

The Kochi Corporation is awaiting a green signal for its master plan from the State government before kick-starting its ambitious project of drawing up Kerala’s first Local Area Plan (LAP) centred around the mass transit hub of Vyttila.

LAP has emerged as the focal point of a shift in the development paradigm proposed by the civic body. It aims at a transit-oriented development (TOD) by leveraging public transport for which the Corporation has made an initial allocation of ₹2 crore in its Budget for 2024-24.

LAPs to be prepared based on the Kochi master plan proposes a push to population density along places with formidable public transport network. TOD aims at reducing private vehicles thus making available more land for public projects.

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