Development and Design of Large Infrastructure Projects: Disregarded Alternatives and Issues of Spatial Planning
Development and Design of Large Infrastructure Projects: Disregarded Alternatives and Issues of Spatial Planning
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10.1068/b32109
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2007-08
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H. Priemus
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H. Priemus
荷兰议会基础设施项目委员会对两个主要基础设施项目的决策过程和实施控制进行了议会调查：鹿特丹和德国之间的Betuwe货运线，以及连接阿姆斯特丹与比利时和法国的高速铁路HSL - Zuid。委员会提出了一个新的评估框架，使议会更好地控制未来大型项目的决策过程。在这篇文章中，我讨论了大型基础设施项目的开发和设计，包括如何减轻这些项目对领土的影响。我观察到，问题往往是从极其狭窄的参考范围出发，从一个最受欢迎的解决方案出发，因此无数可能有价值的替代解决方案被立即排除，或者太晚进入。此外，有关减轻基础设施对领土影响的问题在一开始就被误判，并在后期导致成本超支。对基础设施轨道的关注过多，对区域发展的关注不够。此外，基础设施项目的运作被误判，注意力过于狭隘地集中在项目的投资方面。我为未来制定了一些经验教训，不仅适用于荷兰，也适用于其他现代国家。及时提出和确认基础设施备选方案可以提高公共决策的民主进程和质量。
The Dutch Parliamentary Commission on Infrastructural Projects has conducted a parliamentary inquiry into the decisionmaking process and implementation control in two major infrastructural projects: the Betuwe Freight Line between Rotterdam and Germany, and the HSL - Zuid— the high-speed rail link which will connect Amsterdam with Belgium and France. The commission proposes a new assessment framework which gives parliament better control of the decisionmaking process for future large projects. In this contribution I discuss the development and design of large infrastructure projects, including the way the territorial impact of these projects is mitigated. I observe that problems are often approached from extremely narrow terms of reference, from one favourite solution, whereby countless potentially worthwhile alternative solutions are dismissed out of hand or enter the picture too late. In addition, problems concerning the mitigation of territorial impacts of infrastructure are misjudged in the beginning, and lead to cost overruns at a later stage. There is too much focus on the infrastructure track and not enough focus on area development. Also, the operation of the infrastructure project is misjudged and attention is too narrowly focused on the investment aspects of the project. I formulate some lessons for the future, not only for the Netherlands, but also for other modern countries. The timely generation and acknowledgement of infrastructure alternatives enhances the democratic process and quality of public decisionmaking.