Imatra's general plan 2040

Imatra's new General Plan 2040 "A larger Imatra" has progressed to the draft stage.

The master plan is a general land use plan that resolves the principles of the desired development. Its task is to place the community's various functions, such as housing, services and workplaces, as well as recreational areas, and to organize the connections between them. Well-planned zoning solutions as well as functional and intact community structure and traffic arrangements create well-being and vitality and promote sustainable development.

The new general plan for the entire Imatra city area that is now being drawn up is more general than the current general plan, the so-called strategic master plan, whose goal is to create a common vision of the future of Imatra's land use in the long term. The aim of the plan is to make strategic guidelines for the use of areas and to form an overall picture of the desired development of the city's land use.

The preparation of the general plan is guided by, for example, Imatra's city strategy 2030, Imatra's environmental program and the regional plan prepared by the Southern Karelia County Association. The task of the county plan is also to convey national land use goals to municipal planning. The general plan accordingly guides the preparation of the station planning.

The master plan solution will take shape through dialogue with the parties involved, additional information obtained from background studies and plans, previous decisions and approved partial master plans.

The preparation and launch of the master plan "Imatra 2040 bigger than ever" is recorded in the 2016-2017 planning review and program. The announcement of the launch of the master plan was published on March 3.3.2016, 4.3.2018. The participation and evaluation plan was made available for viewing from March XNUMX, XNUMX, for the duration of the entire planning process.

Draft of the general plan "Greater Imatra 2040". has been generally held on view 25.2.–28.3.2022 the time in between.

The general plan draft with survey materials can be viewed in the lower lobby of Imatra town hall (Virastokatu 2) and on the city's website (www.imatra.fi, general formula 2040 as search term). Possible feedbacks the general plan draft had to be submitted by 28.3.2022 on 15.00 October XNUMX at the address City of Imatra, Virastokatu 2, 55100 Imatra or by email: registryimatra.fi

A public meeting on the draft general plan has been held on Tuesday, March 8.3.2022, 17, from 00:19 to 00:XNUMX in the council hall of Imatra town hall. It was also possible to participate in the public event remotely using the Microsoft Teams program.

What has been done before the draft stage?

Explanations of the general plan

In the master plan work, as much as possible, the surveys already prepared for the area of ​​the city of Imatra have been used. The general planning work has been prepared as separate reports: cultural environment report, nature report, archaeological report and noise report.

The municipal survey related to master plan planning was conducted from 11.10 to 31.12.2017. Its results were published in February 2018. The "Miun Imatra" map survey was also participated in in Imatra elementary schools. The target group was grades 6-9. A summary of the results is available here .

Preparation phase / Structural model

In the fall of 2019, in connection with working on the goals, a structural model was drawn up as part of the preparation phase of the master plan. The idea of ​​the structural model phase is to investigate different ways of realizing the goals set for the planning at the level of the community structure. At this stage, questions were considered: What are the areas like? How should they be developed? What are the options for regional development? The starting point was that all the key questions related to the development of Imatra's land use and transport system are present in at least one structural model.

Initially, two structural models were drawn up, where the main variables were the development of the settlement structure (densification, expansion; downtown living, living based on other attractive locations such as beaches and islands) and the public transport system supporting the development areas and its emphasis. The best aspects of the models were combined and the review was continued based on the selected model. The effects of the combined model were evaluated in relation to the goals set in the master plan.

Preparation phase / Formula framework

On the basis of the structural model (combined model), in spring 2020, a master plan covering all design themes was drawn up. In the framework phase, attention was paid not only to regional and community structure and the transport system, but also to e.g. to business areas, the green system, conservation issues and the mild and rural areas surrounding the city.

The plan framework forms a comprehensive, holistic picture of the main design solution as the basis for the plan draft. In the framework phase, the planning became more detailed and the area reservations are specified, e.g. within the framework of the goals set for the design and the boundary conditions obtained from the surveys.

Based on the master plan, a draft master plan was prepared, which was completed in March 2022.