Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina
Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina
Transport Sector Planning in Greater Beirut, Lebanon - Euromedina
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TRANSPORT PLANNING and DECSION-MAKING for GREATER BEIRUT• Before the civil war, “Council for Projects of<strong>Greater</strong> <strong>Beirut</strong>” was set up as a quasi-plann<strong>in</strong>gboard for the area; reports directly to CentralGovernment (not m<strong>in</strong>istries); no municipal<strong>in</strong>volvement.• After the civil war, it was transformed <strong>in</strong>to the“Council for Development and Reconstruction”(CDR), and became the ma<strong>in</strong> agency <strong>in</strong> chargeof major reconstruction projects, especially<strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g external sponsor<strong>in</strong>g agencies orlenders.