Her Excellency Mrs. Amna bint Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning, announced the commencement of construction work for the implementation of 1269 housing units in the third phase of the city of Sirta housing project in cooperation with the Chinese company CMEC, noting the progress of completion ratios in construction of the city's Phase II units launched last March to 40% project, which provides 531 housing units, and it is hoped that its preparations will be completed in 2025.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning expressed her pleasure at launching construction work in the third phase of the housing city of Sirta in conjunction with the Kingdom of Bahrain's celebration of its national holidays and the 25th sitting day of His Majesty the Great King, His Majesty God preserved and sponsored, and the accompanying national events.
Minister Al-Rumaihi noted that projects carried out in the city of Sirta housing projects and other housing city projects reaffirming the housing gains achieved in Bahrain's comprehensive development process under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of the country, Pursuant to an ongoing follow-up by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers, this contributes to the implementation of the objectives of the Government's programme 2023-2026.
This came during a field visit by the Minister of Housing and Urban Planning to the housing city of Sirta, to follow up on the construction stages of housing units and secondary infrastructure projects implemented in the city, in the presence of a number of officials of the Ministry and the Chinese company CMEC in charge of implementing the project, and the engineering and technical team in both sides.
During her field tour, Her Excellency Ms. Amna bint Ahmed Al-Rumaihi confirmed that the launch of the third phase of the implementation of the project of the housing city of Sirta is in compliance with the terms of the agreement signed with the Chinese company CMEC during the Ministry's delegation visit to the People's Republic of China last July. It stipulated that construction work and the provision of secondary infrastructure services at this stage shall be commenced before the end of this year. project ", valued the great cooperation of the Chinese side in the implementation of the various phases of the project in the city of Citra since the commencement of the implementation of the first phase, and the commitment to the agreed timetable for the implementation of the city's projects.
Minister Amna al-Rumaihi reviewed the components of the third phase project of the housing city of Sirta Noting that the project provides 1269 housing units on an area of 670 thousand square meters, In addition to secondary infrastructure work, which includes the provision of a 23.6 kilometre main and branch road network, A 22.8-kilometre sewage system, 27.6 kilometre rainwater drainage system, as well as an integrated 26.6 km light system.
The third phase also involves the provision of a package of public services, including the provision of 36 power substations, 6 communication towers, as well as a plan for the afforestation of the project through the establishment of a central park, the provision of green flats over 52.3 kilometres, the planting of 1644 trees and the provision of 6 parks and areas for children's toys.
In a related context, Minister Amna al-Rumaihi emphasized that the proportions of the construction work carried out for the second phase of the housing town of Sizra, Which includes the implementation of 531 housing units has reached 40%, which is achieved in just 7 months since His Excellency Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister, visited the city and announced the commencement of work at this stage, This progress in achievement rates reflects the need to accelerate the pace of work and complete the project on time for the next year's delivery of units to beneficiary citizens.
The Minister of Housing and Urban Planning also reported that the completion rates in secondary infrastructure work at this stage have also progressed to 35%, noting the Ministry and the Chinese company CMEC's desire to synchronize the work in establishing units and implementing infrastructure services, thereby contributing to the timely completion of the project and thereby accelerating the delivery of units to citizens.
The Minister confirmed that the movement of the housing city of Sizra in terms of construction works in the second and third phases project ", reflecting progress in the completion of housing city projects, It is one of the main paths in the Ministry's plan to meet housing demands and provide adequate housing for citizens Housing Finance Programme, which has contributed to the provision of thousands of housing services to Bahraini families, In addition to the course of the Government's Land Development Rights Programme, which is currently also experiencing significant mobility. project ", consisting of the implementation of 6 projects at various stages of achievement, The results achieved in these tracks underscore the usefulness of the Government's perspectives in providing long-term sustainability to the social housing sector.
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