expected in three to four years, and the efficiency of workshops is consequently being eroded by congestion and inadequate facilities. The present position is causing serious concern as maintenance facilities are now completely out of step with the demands being made upon them, to the extent that a management reorganisation of the workshops is being instituted to make space utilisation a special and specific task.
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A similar timescale is required in the consideration of future incinerator plants, electrical and mechanical services in future tunnels and the like. In most of such schemes the provision of sites meeting environmental requirements has proved to be a major problem to be overcome and even when overcome has a great influence on the configuration finally adopted. Also, as mentioned elsewhere, the shortage of design engineers is an added complication.
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LAND AND PLANNING
In carrying out the responsibilities of survey, mapping, town planning and the development and control of land, three factors are kept firmly to the fore:
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(a) the need for continuous preparation and updating of survey maps and planning layouts which are basic to all forms of land development;
(b) the need for the establishment of a body of land administration principles in accordance with which land may be transferred to developers' hands, be they private or public, in an orderly, expeditious and recognised manner so as to give effect to Government development policy;
(c) the need for flexibility of approach both to land use planning and the implementation of development policy so as to ensure quick and effective response to changes in economic climate and social needs.
The forward planning of the Survey Branch of the Crown Lands and Survey Office is directed to the preparation and updating of a variety of maps and plans sufficient to serve the needs of public and private developers and the community as a whole. In doing this, efforts are made to employ the most suitable modern techniques and equipment both for surveying and for reprographic processes in the drawing office.
3.36 The Land Branch of the Crown Lands and Survey Office is responsible for a large body of routine work concerned with land and property and its management. It gives effect to Government decisions by transferring Crown land into the hands of developers, both public and private. Its forward planning is based on the potential property management commitment arising from regrant of Crown Leases, on the expected demand for and availability of new Crown land for disposal and on the need for long term reclamation and land formation schemes to anticipate long term demand for Crown land for permanent development.
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