A computer generated model of how a New Monrovia City could look when a miniature model is developed for review by the public and possible consideration
Below is a partial view of a master plan developed for presentation to the government of Liberia and then to the entire Liberian public before the civil war began. It is over 20 years old. The complete details about this new city will be made available right here any time soon.
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This is just a partial view of a city that was to be named New Monrovia City. The complete design includes all of Liberia with superhighways connecting all the territories and counties. Remember, the length and breath of Liberia can be compared to one of the major cities in some countries. Liberia is a very small country.
We will begin by making reference to the common maxim that Rome was not built in a day. Therefore we do not expect to see a new city completely built any time soon. However, let there be plans and programs that make obvious that there will be one for future generation, considering the current state of Monrovia. Let's not put it off hoping that some generation will undertake it. The process of discussions without any concrete action is over. We will begin the process and now.
It takes several years if not decades to develop an organized environment, a city for that matter, similar to the ones most of us yearn to visit or have lived in. What can be said is that no truly admirable environment or city is built without set rules and regulations governing its existence. The era of giving out parcels of land and allowing one to build whatever and then later ask that person to move because a government wants to build a road, etc., is over. A government must lay out far in advance what it intends to do with vacant lands and restrict construction of certain buildings to certain areas or its use for judicious reasons, taking into consideration the future of the city; i.e. population growth, etc.
In addition, it would be unwise to pursue a program of developing a new city for the people of Liberia without taking into consideration the many social, economic and political factors that must be considered before a blueprint is developed. However, the process must begin somehow, and now is the time. It can no doubt be said that now is the time because Monrovia as it is cannot sustain any modern social and economic growth without a major overhaul of its entire infrastructures, not to mention its drainage system that requires a major revamp to allow for easy maintenance from time to time. A major drainage system in a city allows for maintenance workers to go down into it and walk through it to conduct major cleanup whenever the need arises, especially a city with such huge rainfall during the rainy season.
On the subject of electricity which is the life blood of any economy and Liberia's is no exception, there has to be serious rethinking on the part of the public and the government on how electricity is distributed to make sure that buildings are set up in a way to prevent fraudulent consumption of electricity. With the exception of few areas in the city of Monrovia, the rest of Monrovia and surrounding areas are in a condition that accounting for who is legally using electricity is practically impossible, though there are other factors that need to be reviewed as well.
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