Port Moresby Urban Development Plan

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Client | National Capital District Commission

Study Area | 4402.5 ha

The purpose of the National Capital District Urban Development Plan (NCD UDP) Review Project is to prepare a revised overall master plan for the whole city. This policy framework will help physical planners and developers achieve urban environments that are pleasant, safe, community-oriented and generally liveable.

Vision: In 2030 Port Moresby is a connected and integrated city. Safe connections are made along well-planned and maintained transport and freight corridors and pedestrian networks that integrate people’s daily lives with a hierarchy of compact Urban Centres that are the focus of suburbs, settlements (to suburbs) and neighbourhoods.

Integrated development of housing and employment land uses occurs through sequenced provision of blue-green infrastructure, transport and utilities, open space and developable, zoned land in the right locations. A safe, connected and integrated Port Moresby is achieved via collaboration between all levels of government, non-government organisations, business, residents and the wider Mosby community to deliver integrated land-use, transport and utilities planning that identifies the appropriate locations, staging and sequencing of development.