When they build a town, in what order do they build things generally? E.g. roads, sewer, residences, schools, electric cabling, post office, etc etc.
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In the UK they put the gas/electric/water/sewers in, then the houses, then the roads. Then they dig up the roads to put internet/phone lines in. Then they dig them up again to put fibre in. They they build more houses and have to dig up the roads to put bigger pipes in. Repeat ad infinitum
In the UK they build the services and houses first and depend on the houses getting sold to raise enough money to build the roads, amenities, schools etc..
Most new towns it is a prerequisite that shops, schools, sports centres etc.., get built as part of the development. There are three small villages being built near me and one of the requirements from the council is that they also build a new Travellers camp.
In a lot of recent cases the builders pull a fast one and say “oops the houses didn’t raise as much as we thought so we are unable to build you a new school”
“…then came the churhes, then came the schools, then came the lawyers, then came the rules, then came trains and the trucks with their loads, and the dirty old track, was the Telegraph Road.” Dire Straits
Speaking from the U.S. perspective, how a typical suburban developement works is that a developer well buy a farm and then build the roads, sewers, electrical. You need roads to get to the home site and power to build the house and the sewer has to be ready when the first house is and goes under the road that’s needed to get to the house sites. The developer will sell individual lots to spec builder. When all the lots are sold the developer turns the streets over to the city or the homeowner’s association.
Schools are another matter. Voters need to approve taxes to build schools, so they generally lag behind. If a new school is needed they generally put the kids on the bus and shove them into an old school for a while before a new one is built.
I think the more accurate question is “When they build housing developments…” – when’s the last town that was made?
You need to clarify what you mean by “town.” There aren’t really entirely new towns built, at least in the US. Most of what you see are existing cities annexing property, etc.
Do you mean a housing development/subdivision? Depending on the scale, those can appear to be “towns.”
It’s the reverse of cleaning. You build from the bottom, up.
So you build the trenches for underground stuff – sewerage, water, electricity, fibre-optics, rainwater etc. first. Then you build the foundations, then the walls, then the roof and pylons (if electricity and telecoms are going above ground).
As for public services, zone them, and they will come.
This is as ELI5 as I can get.
I do Telco installation, as soon as a road exists we build the fiber backbone and then the house distribution
Not an expert in infrastructure construction – except SimCity – but I visited Florida in the wake of the great recession and saw an interesting half built sub division that had stopped being built due to the GR.
The houses continued for a bit then stopped. The sidewalks and electrical infrastructure continued a bit more then just stopped. Then the streetlights ended. Finally the street just stopped.
Do you not play SimCity?
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