Tehran deputy mayor for town planning and architecture announced that the comprehensive development plan of Tehran will be implemented as of the next Iranian calendar year after it is adopted by Tehran Islamic City Council.
Hirbod Ma’soumi told SAMA that the plan is a cause of honor for Tehran Municipality and all experts and managers of city affairs have been involved in its formulation for more than six years. The result has been 530 sheets of maps, each sheet in 10 layers, and the map has been drawn in GIS environment.
The official added that every district of Tehran for which the map has been drawn can be considered an independent metropolis and according to an order issued by Tehran mayor, management of urban affairs will be done according to the comprehensive plan as of next year.
Ma’soumi stated that the mayor of Tehran has emphasized that notification of the comprehensive plan alone without specifying the roles and obligations of other organizations will be useless and cannot solve urban problems.
Main duties of Tehran Municipality’s Town Planning and Architecture Deputyship according to the plan include determining the limits of the capital city, determining the situation of management of cities located in the limits of Tehran province, and preparing urban development documents.

The first helicopter pad conforming to international standards will be built in District 4 of Tehran.
According to SAMA, due to existence of four fault lines called Babaei, Parvin, Shiyan, and Tehran Pars, the district is prone to disasters and has eight barns for supplying aid in emergencies. One of them has a chopper pad and building chopper pads for the rest is underway.

Tehran Municipality’s director general for city planning and urban perspective plans told SAMA that in Tehran the network of streets has been designed on the basis of a minimum of needs and should be corrected.
Majid Paksaz added that there are old areas in Tehran which date back to before the comprehensive plan of 1970 where alleys are very narrow and in some parts their width does not exceed 0.5 m.

The third and the biggest traffic training park of Tehran will be inaugurated in District 20 in south Tehran.
SAMA reported that this will be the third traffic training park where preliminary traffic training will be provided in practice using cars and bicycles by traffic experts specializing on training children.

Pahlevanpour Zurkhaneh (traditional Iranian gym) which is one of the oldest traditional gyms of Tehran has been rehabilitated after many years to host traditional athletes.

Managing director of Tehran Municipality’s Engineering and Development Organization announced that a 6-km tunnel will be built along Sayyad Shirazi Highway to connect Sepah Square to Shoush Square.
SAMA quoted Massoud Nasr Azadani as saying that studies are going on and planning as well as implementation will be done simultaneously. He added that negotiations on the tunnel were going on.
As for continuation of Sayyad Shirazi Highway, the official noted that the highway has been finished from Sheikh Safi crossing to Kaj Street and about 4,000 m of high walls have been built around it.