SWOT ANALYSIS OF AGIGEA TOWN

Strong points

• Port Constanţa South - Agigea;
• Danube - Black Sea Canal;
• the town is crossed by the main roads in the Metropolitan Area Constanţa (Constanţa Detours DN 39, D38);
• existence of terrestrial communication lines i.e. national roads Constanţa - Mangalia (DN 39) and Constanţa - Negru Vodă (DN 38) and of rail lines connecting the town to the industrialized areas of the county;
• network of county roads covering relatively balanced the territory;
• infrastructure of public utilities well represented at the town level;
• existence in the town of three schools (two schools and a kindergarten);
• existence of a cultural home and a public library;
• existence in the town of two individual medical cabinets of family medicine and of a pharmacy;

Weak points

• obvious discrepancy of development in terms of standards and social comfort level between Constanţa and Agigea town;
• road infrastructure and public utilities development do not keep up with real estate accelerated development in the last two decades: the roads network is not upgraded and insufficiently sized in the Lazu area and in the periphery areas of Agigea;
• agglomeration trend of the main roads passing through the town, especially during the summer season;
• existence of long-term unemployment and disguised unemployment especially among middle-aged people and young people from families without financial possibilities;
• insufficient development of basic utilities and public services (health, education etc);

Opportunities

• integrated development of metropolitan type by membership of the town Agigea in the Metropolitan Area Constanţa;
• development trend of container terminal as a result of Constanţa detours completion with discharge in the Port Constanţa South Agigea
• exploiting the economic potential through development of fields such as storage of goods and associated port services;
• exploiting the sanatorium with balneo- therapeutic functions as a potential source of jobs
• accessing of EU funds and of various national financing programs.

Threats

• chaotic development of the city especially from the real estate point of view;
• discrepancy of town development in relation to real estate development;
• risk of incompatibility between residential function of the town and economic development through the emergence of economic activities with pollutant character in the residential areas;
• economic crisis with negative effects on long-term development of port activities and of tertiary sector;
• labour force migration, particularly among young people.