Department of Infrastructure

Department of Infrastructure
Simuwikitsi Kawexus
Department overview
Formed	29 June 2024; 5 months ago
Preceding Department	Department of City Planning;
Jurisdiction	Chief's Council
Headquarters	Sahosam, Osolia
Director responsible	CalvinX;

The Department of Infrastructure is a department of the Osolian government which is responsible for approving new construction projects and for planning and executing on government infrastructure projects such as highways. It is the successor to the Department of City Planning, which had a similar goal but was ultimately scrapped in favor of the Department of Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

The Infrastructure Department is responsible for various infrastructure projects across the Chiefdom of Osolia. One such project is the creation and upkeep of streets and roads as established in the Streets and Roads Act.

Its current main focus is on a large-scale nether highway system devised by Director of Infrastructure CalvinX, whose goal is to connect common areas such as Sahosam with farther-off lands such as some citizens' bases. Some citizens chose to build thousands of blocks away from the city center of Sahosam to give themselves more room, both physically and creatively, to design their dream bases. The nether highway system is almost complete and ready for use, and its impact on ease of travel is expected to be felt instantly upon its opening.

History

Creation

The Department of Infrastructure was established on June 29, 2024. One day earlier, on June 28, 2024, Speaker tz_scion wrote a formal proposal to the Osolian Assembly and Chief TriforceComet regarding the department's predecessor, the Department of City Planning. His full proposal read as follows:

Calvin has been doing good work in the Department of City Planning when it comes to national infrastructure, but I feel like the actual city of Sahosam is being left behind a bit. I think there's a lot of missed potential that can be tapped into if it was given more attention.
Because of this, I want to propose that the Department of City Planning is changed to the Department of Infrastructure (More focused on national infrastructure and public farms), and a Governor of Sahosam is appointed. (The law regarding this is here: [1])
This will require two votes, one to confirm Calvin as Director of Infrastructure, and one to confirm [TriforceComet's] choice of Governor of Sahosam.

— tz_scion

This was discussed for a short period of time with many having no objections to this proposal, and as such, Speaker tz_scion began a measure of the Assembly to carry forth the motion to rework the City Planning department into the Department of Infrastructure:

Measure V/Term 4 - Rename the Department of City Planning -> the Department of Infrastructure
Choice	Votes	%
Yes, perform the rename	10	100.00
No, keep the current name	0	0.00
Abstain	0	0.00
Total	10	100.00

Registered voters/turnout	20	–
Source: Office of the Speaker of the Assembly

This vote concluded on June 29, 2024, and the Department of City Planning was abolished upon the vote's passing. Legally, this measure abolished the Department of City Planning, created a Department of Infrastructure, and confirmed CalvinX as the first Director of Infrastructure, as explained by Scion before the vote, but the measure was written as is above for simplicity reasons.

Post-creation

Immediately after the creation of the Department of Infrastructure, Director Calvin continued his work on the nether highway system, with help from various other citizens such as Pud and Hydrogen. The nether highway is almost complete, and is expected to make a large impact when it opens.