A Guidebook on Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure
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Government approval of the project scope may be required or considered
after this stage before any further work is undertaken.
C. IDENTIFYING THE MAJOR ISSUES IN PROJECT PLANNING
Infrastructure projects can have wide-ranging effects in the sector concerned
as well on other sectors. They may also require resolution of important issues related
to utilization of natural resources and many other matters. These issues need to be
identified and carefully considered in project planning.
The network nature of most infrastructures also implies that they cannot be
considered as isolated projects (road, energy transmission line, telephone line, etc)
without considering system and service integration with the existing networks and
operators, future networks as well as other issues related to network development
and capacity augmentation.
The system and service integration issues for each sub-sector are, however,
different due to differences in their technological and operational characteristics.
Depending on the nature of the issue, they may be dealt with in two ways:
• Matters that need to be considered in project planning and design. For
example, system and service integration, future expansion of the network,
interconnection with other networks, access to common infrastructure
facilities, and lateral access control (in case of transport projects).
•
Matters that need to be considered through separate
complementary/linked projects either by the same government agency or
by another agency.
Another important issue that also needs to be considered at the planning
stage is the physical/natural characteristics of the project, particularly those related
to the optimum use of the natural endowment, such as land, water, mineral and
mining resources, and radiofrequency spectrum.
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