Construction of 1705 new housing units and apartments in Salman .. 4 bridges under construction
Engineer Basem bin Yaqoub Al Hamar, Minister of Housing, confirmed that the Ministry gives directives to His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander, First Deputy Prime Minister, priority in its plan to implement final plans for services and infrastructure in Salman City and new Bahrain cities projects, as it seeks The Ministry is to provide all public services and facilities in those cities in coordination with all relevant authorities.
The Minister of Housing said that the Ministry is currently reviewing the implementation of the procedural plans for the approved general plans for new cities, and preparing designs for public facilities such as gardens, educational, commercial and health facilities, with full and continuous coordination with the relevant ministries and government agencies, pursuant to a methodology for providing high-quality services to citizens living in them. Cities, in an effort to provide integrated and sustainable cities that meet the aspirations of good leadership and esteemed government.
Al Hamr said that the projects of the new Bahrain cities are receiving great attention from the leadership in the field of building and building the units, or public services and infrastructure, considering that the cities implementation axis represents an essential pillar in the implementation of social housing projects included in the implementation of the high order of His Majesty the King The country is obligated to build 40 thousand housing units, and from it derives the housing obligations mentioned in the government program, pointing out that this axis is receiving constant attention and follow-up by His Royal Highness, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander, First Deputy Prime Minister.
This came during an inspection visit by Engineer Basem Al-Hamr, Minister of Housing, to the city of Salman, in the presence of Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Undersecretary and Engineer Sami Abdullah Bohaza, Assistant Undersecretary for Housing Projects, and a number of officials and engineers specialized in the site, in the framework of following up plans and developments of the file Providing public services and infrastructure in new cities.
The visit witnessed the Minister of Housing inspecting the Ministry's preparations to launch new packages of projects, as part of efforts to provide 25 thousand housing units included in the government program, and drawn from the Royal Order to build 40 thousand housing units, in addition to following up the implementation of infrastructure projects.
The Red Engineer also inspected the sites designated for the construction of 303 housing units and 1402 ownership apartments in the city, which have been completed procedures for awarding tenders for them, in preparation for the start of construction works, pointing out that the Ministry has taken proactive steps during the last stage, which was to start early and finish the private works With the infrastructure of the sites in which the future units will be constructed, with the aim of expediting the implementation and delivery of the units and apartments.
The Minister of Housing also reviewed the works related to the construction of 4 internal bridges linking the islands of the city, with 3 bridges for vehicles and a pedestrian bridge, noting that the Ministry had previously built a vehicle bridge and another pedestrian and their readiness had been completed before the opening of the city, and noted that as soon as the construction work is completed For the current bridges, the Ministry will be close to completing infrastructure projects in most of the city's islands, which would accelerate the implementation of future projects.
The Minister noted that the Ministry is working on launching more projects included in the plan for future projects in the cities of Salman, Khalifa, East Al-Hid and East Sitra, in addition to the second phase of Al-Ramly suburb housing, and when the procedural course for each package has been completed, it will be launched for implementation as soon as possible.
