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Preparation of Comprehensive Mobility Plan.- (1) The Authority shall notify its intent to prepare a Comprehensive Mobility Plan in such manner and form as specified by regulations. (2) The Authority shall cause to prepare a Comprehensive Mobility Plan for the Urban Mobility Region within two years from the date of its intent to prepare a Comprehensive Mobility Plan to ensure integrated, comprehensive and planned development of Urban Mobility in the Urban Mobility Region, in conjunction with various Urban Mobility policies prepared under section 20 and the land use plan applicable to the Urban Mobility Region. Such plan shall include but not be limited to the following, namely:- (a) Integration of social, economic, and spatial development policies and plans to advance sustainable urban transport; (b) Various types of infrastructure, facilities, and other works; (c) complete road network in the city (preferably converging at one sq. km. grid); (d) existing and proposed route plans of public transport; (e) hierarchy of roads (local, collectors, sub arterial, arterials and urban high ways) established based on travel demand; (f) standards governing the roads of all levels of hierarchy; (g) pedestrian path, cycle tracks, drains (within the public road) and the standards governing them; (h) accessible mobility and transport for persons who are persons with benchmark disability and person with disability as defined under the Rights of persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Central Act 49 of 2016); (i) various public transport systems and services; (j) procedures and processes to resolve any issues in relation to any existing urban mobility services being operated; (k) mechanisms that will govern the implementation of such plans to achieve the objects and purpose of this Act; (l) the City Mobility Investment Program comprising of the Sectoral Mobility Investment Programs submitted by the relevant Urban Transport Agencies, Infrastructure Development Agencies and Traffic Management Agencies as specified in the regulations; and (m) such other matters that may be necessary for the development and implementation of such plans: Provided that, in the event there is any other authority and/or committee constituted under any other law for the time being in force to formulate, develop or implement any plan or scheme in relation to Urban Mobility within the Urban Mobility Region, the Authority shall discharge its functions under this section and any other authority shall necessarily consult the Authority and take its suggestions and inputs into account in the discharge of its functions. The plans so developed by any other authority and/or committee shall be in compliance with the Urban Mobility policies of the Authority: Provided further that, prior to constitution of this Authority, if a Comprehensive Mobility Plan has already been approved by the Government, the Authority shall, if necessary, undertake the responsibility of any modification or revision of such Comprehensive Mobility Plan and implement it in accordance with the Act. (3) Before finalizing any plan as under this Act, the Authority shall cause 18 to publish a draft plan by making a copy thereof available for inspection and publishing a notice in such form and manner as specified in the regulations, inviting objections and suggestions from any person with respect to the draft plan before such date as may be specified in the notice, subject to a maximum period of two months from the date of publication of the notice. The Authority shall after adequate opportunity, as deemed appropriate, to the concerned person and after considering such suggestions, objections, and representations, if any, finalize the draft plan. (4) After finalization of the plan based on objections/suggestions received, the Authority shall submit such plan to the State Government for its approval and the State Government may approve the plan with or without modifications as in its opinion are necessary or reject the plan, with such directions to the Authority to prepare a new plan based on the recommendation issued by the State Government in relation thereof. (5) The Authority shall publish the plans approved by the State Government as specified in sub-section (4), not later than two years from the date of notification of the intent to prepare a Comprehensive Mobility Plan under sub- section (2). (6) The Authority may suo-moto or on the direction of the State Government cause to review the existing Comprehensive Mobility Plan whenever, in its opinion, it has become necessary and expedient to do so in public interest.