Planning

After scanning we will make our first plan. Remember a plan is just a guide, we only need it to be able to start building. The plan will have some sort of guidelines and ideas about areas, districts, highways and (rail)roads. The plan can and will be be adjusted later on as we build organically and as need demands.In the plan we plan a couple of elements:We need to have an idea of where (new) highways will be.An example on the same map Mercia, the layout of the elements.The first picture shows some ideas of new highways, creating two circles. We can build one or both circles, creating a ring road, maybe around the downtown area.Also in the guide we plan some new railroads and perhaps some areas for stations.The second picture gives us some ideas for railroads, based on the already existing railroads in the map and ideas of where stations could be built.Next to that we need some idea of where we want the main center or downtown area of the city to be. We need to find an area for the main center of the city which comes naturally with the map. Since you need high residential, we will not plan the downtown area in the starting square.Based on the structure of highways and railroads we have at least two possible areas where we can build a town center. We will build the center later on in the game. We will start with some suburban areas in the starting square and decide later to use one or even both areas as the downtown area.We need to have an idea of multiple industrial areas. The reason to have multiple areas, is that later on, if your city grows, your traffic will become a problem if Cims need to travel a long way between industry and their residential areas.Next to the downtown areas we can look for areas for industry and some extra suburban residential areas.After that we can also look for some more suburban residential areas besides the downtown area. We can also think about the characteristics of those areas like low wealth high rises, or high wealth big houses. We also need to have some sort ideas about transport (trams, buses, metro) and some ideas about the commercials areas.And room for residential areas. We will start with the areas in the starting square and do some low level planning.