Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina

TRANSPORT PLANNING and DECSION-MAKING for GREATER BEIRUT• Funding controlled at Central Government level (Ministry of PublicWorks, for highway projects)• Ministry of Transport responsibility for policy development,especially re: transit and non-highway modes.• Since 2002, a transport reform plan has merged the two ministriesinto a Ministry of Public Works and Transport, with four directorates:– Directorate General for Land and Maritime Transport (DGLMT);responsible for setting, implementing and supervising all policiesand regulations related to land and maritime transport.– Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA); responsible for airtransport.– Directorate General for Road and Buildings; responsible for thedesign, construction and maintenance of international, primaryand secondary roads, in addition to all government buildings.– Directorate General for Urban Planning, responsible for allregulations related to zoning, land use, building code, etc.