Congo – Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire have local urban planning schemes

The previous master plan for the cities of Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville dated back to 1986. Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Kintélé, which benefits from its proximity to the capital, now have operational and regulatory urban planning documents. These tools will allow these localities to control their urban development through a collaborative territorial project. To address the challenges of social cohesion, economic competitiveness, and sustainable development, the Local Urban Plan (PLU) establishes land use regulations and therefore building rules using a zoning method. It allows for the location of all public spaces, based on demographic and economic growth parameters and density objectives. The PLU also makes it possible to precisely define the projected growth of the city in the coming years.

The consortium also delivered the final results of the LiDAR survey, a high-precision georeferenced database capable of serving as a mapping tool. LiDAR represents significant added value for government agencies in developing a land-use management tool, processing building permits, and creating a cadastral database on which land titles will be registered. In addition, a highly accurate topographic database will be built to conduct hydraulic studies, enabling more precise calibration of drainage structures in neighborhoods.