Smart City Master Planning and Sector-specific Smart City Infrastructure Projects for Visakhapatnam INTEGRATED SMART CITY FRAMEWORK PLAN AECOM SMART CITY VIZAG i ii CITY VIZAG AECOM As a destination city, Visakhapatnam has a lot to offer: beautiful beaches, friendly people and a robust economy. With a great natural harbor, Vizag is a natural hub for defense, shipping, trade, and manufacturing. The division of Andhra Pradesh into two states has given additional impetus to an already vibrant economic growth trend in Vizag. The advantages of living in Vizag as opposed to other knowledge industry capitals have not been lost on India’s young professionals, who appreciate the unspoiled natural environment, affordable housing and laid-back lifestyle on offer. Vizag, with its increasingly diverse economy and proven leadership team, is poised to grow. The challenge for Vizag will be to realize its ambitious economic growth goals while preserving and enhancing livability for the benefit of local citizens. The Smart City Framework Plan lays the groundwork for the development of Visakhapatnam from a 20th century port city into an integrated 21st century city-region. Each of the four major centers of Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region (VMR) will develop its own distinct urban character: 1. The city center will raise its profile as the business and cultural center of the region by carrying out signature development projects in the Central Business District, along the beach road and at Old Town. 2. The southern industrial area will develop of smaller, mixed-use urban sub-centers that offer jobs-housing balance and improved living conditions for the local workforce. 3. Madhurawada and Rushikonda will emerge as high-end knowledge industry clusters that offer world-class educational, recreational and tourism facilities. 4. Vizag’s unique selling point — its coastline — will be developed as a set of distinct recreational, ecological and livelihood destinations. New growth areas within all four centers will locate housing near jobs, preserve ecological assets, and minimize natural hazard risk. Binding the centers into a coherent regional whole will be smart transport, water and energy infrastructure that ensures smooth and timely flows of people and resources throughout the VMR. ICT innovations will allow infrastructure managers to anticipate stress points, take corrective action and enhance system performance. Citizens in Smart Vizag will also gain visibility into infrastructure systems and be able to participate in decisions about future improvements. By embracing Green Living and Smart Business, Visakhapatnam Metro Region will become South and Southeast Asia’s Clean Commerce Capital for the 21st century. AECOM Copyright © 2017 AECOM 3101 Wilson Blvd. Suite 900 Arlington, VA 20009 Telephone: +1 (703) 682-4900 Internet: www.aecom.com This work is a product of the staff of AECOM with contributions from IBM and KPMG. The findings are based upon geographic and demographic data obtained from State and Local entities as well as data transposed from publicly available sources. As such, AECOM does not guarantee the accuracy of the geographic and demographic data included in this work. January 2017 Rights and Permission The material in this work is subject to copyright. Because AECOM encourages dissemination of its knowledge, this work may be reproduced, in whole or in part, for noncommercial purposes as long as full attribution to this work is given. This page intentionally left blank TABLE OF CONTENTS V. Mobility Introduction V-1 Technical Approach V-8 Summary of Projects V-17 Acronyms and Abbreviations APEPDCL Andhra Pradesh Eastern Power Distribution SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Company Ltd. SOQ Statement of Qualification APGENCO Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Company SPV Special Purpose Vehicle CEO Chief Executive Officer ULB Urban Local Bodies CMAR Construction Manager at Risk VfM Value for Money DB Design-Build Vizag Visakhapatnam DBF Design-Build-Finance VUDA Visakhapatnam (Vizag) Urban Development Authority DBFOM Design-Build-Finance-Operate-Maintain DBOM Design-Build-Operate-Maintain EoI Expression of Interest GHG Greenhouse Gas GVMC Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation HPSC High Powered Steering Committee IT Information Technology kV kilovolt MW megawatts NREDCAP New & Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Limited O&M Operations and Maintenance OT Operational Technology PV Photovoltaic RFP Request for Proposals RFQ Request for Qualifications V-i SMART CITY VIZAG AECOM V. MOBILITY V. MOBILITY Introduction As Visakhapatnam expands from a core city to a polycentric metropolitan area, providing alternative connections between employment and residential subcenters is becoming increasingly important. GVMC has taken the important initial steps towards developing a more comprehensive multimodal transportation system, which include the construction of new Bus Rapid Transit lines and a planned bypass of National Highway No. 5. Integrating pedestrian and bicycle facilities into the major arterial roads in the city center is also a priority under Vizag’s Smart City Challenge program. In fact, based on a Household Survey conducted earlier this year, citizens of greater Visakhapatnam rated their transportation priorities as follows: 78% of respondents feel that public transportation needs to be improved, and 72% want bus information to be displayed at bus stops. 68% of respondents think that the City of Visakhapatnam is severely polluted. 53% of respondents reported that there are no adequate parking facilities available when they go shopping. The annual vehicular growth rate of 9% is seen as too high, and a direct factor to air pollution City of Visakhapatnam lacks a quality, safe pedestrian environment AECOM SMART CITY VIZAG V-1 V. MOBILITY From the perspective of the broader VUDA Metropolitan Region, additional mass transit lines are required to link the multiple subcenters, thereby facilitating the flow of goods and people among employment, service, and residential areas. Under the preferred development scenario (see section 8.1), VMR’s center of gravity is anticipated to continue its shift northwards, with the development of Bhogapuram, Bheemilipatnam, and Madhurwada. A rapid light-rail line will be necessary to link Bhogapuram with these areas and the city center. Additional BRT lines will help connect satellite centers like Anakapalle and Madhurwada to employment areas. Mobility priorities within the region include: Promoting Integrated Multimodal Systems À Smart Bus Stops À Public Information Systems À Bus Rapid Transit Lanes À Integrated Fare Collection System between transit modes À Defined Pedestrian Space Easing Traffic Congestion À Smart Travel Corridors À Improving transit and shifting people from cars to transit Enhanced Connectivity to Growth Destinations À New Airport Rail Link À Expanded Arterial Roadway À New BRT routes Reduced Transportation Related Emissions À Electrification of Transport À Improve average vehicle speeds on arterial roadways by reducing congestion In the context of this ambitious transport service expansion, intelligent transport systems can help improve the efficiency of existing services, as well as enable future improvement plans, to achieve higher benefit-cost ratios. First, ICT would be used to upgrade the two existing BRT lines. Subsequently, real-time vehicle tracking systems and signal prioritization would be integrated into plans for new mass transit lines, including the MRT. Finally, major arterial roads in the city center could be redeveloped progressively as technology-enhanced multimodal corridors. Visakhapatnam would then be able to take advantage of Andhra Pradesh’s electricity surplus, and set a national standard for electrification of transport of across all modes. V-2 SMART CITY VIZAG AECOM V. MOBILITY This page intentionally left blank AECOM SMART CITY VIZAG V-3 V. MOBILITY Figure 1.1 Proposed Regional Mobility Framework p. V-5 Match Match V-4 SMART CITY VIZAG AECOM V. MOBILITY p. V-4 Match Match AECOM SMART CITY VIZAG V-5 Figure 1.2 Enlargement of Greater Vishakhapatnam Mobility Framework p. V-7 Match Match V-6 SMART CITY VIZAG p. V-6 Match Match AECOM SMART CITY VIZAG V-7 V. MOBILITY Technical Approach In response to the region’s priority needs and goals, the overall approach to transforming Vizag’s mobility system is based on a number of programs and subprograms. Each of the subprograms, in turn, includes one or more capital investment projects. The major programs are as follows: Electrification of Transport With an extensive network of thermal power plants, among other sources of energy, Andhra Pradesh is a net-power-exporter to other Indian states. VMR is also rich in power, with plans to double the output of the Simhadri NTPC power plant from 2,000 MW to 4,000 MW, and a proposal to build another 4,000 MW plant at Pudimadaka. While the use of solar power is expanding rapidly in the VMR, the large majority of electricity for industrial, institutional and Visakhapatnam has the domestic use is still generated from coal. Visakhapatnam has the opportunity to establish opportunity to establish itself as a itself as a green-energy leader in India by using its power surplus to fuel electrified vehicles green-energy leader in India by of all types, thus reducing the use of fossil-fuel powered vehicles. The support system for an using its power surplus to fuel electric car conversion program would include battery charging stations located around