The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning confirmed that the official page of the Muharraq City Development Project is witnessing a wide interaction of citizens and reviewers from launch to date The number of visitors has reached more than 3660 thousand, and the number of requests for inquiries about estates ordered by citizens has reached more than 1520 since the service was launched in May. This reflects the Ministry's efforts in developing its electronic services to promote digital transformation and provide better services to citizens.
The Ministry reported that it would continue its efforts to implement high orders to preserve the historical and cultural identity of Bahrain's buildings and cities. and the revival of the Grand Palace of Issa and the development of Muharraq in order to preserve its historical and cultural identity; The website is an important reference for citizens to familiarize themselves with the objectives of the Muharraq City Development Plan and its components and to continuously review the progress of work through news and media materials. in addition to the notification service to publicize traffic transfers and alternative routes during the project.
The Ministry indicated that the page provides answers to the most frequent questions about the project, such as objectives and outputs, details of the operational plan and the mechanism for acquisitions, as well as information on the guide regarding the criteria for the design and restoration of housing units.
In order to involve citizens and Muharraq people in particular in the project, the Ministry confirmed that through the e-page, it has provided a query service about real estate. The e-page clarifies the mechanism of the ownership and compensation procedures, which go through a number of procedures through the issuance of ownership decisions, notification of the landlords of the decisions, receipt of owners to ascertain the real estate, valuation of the real estate and the above.
The Ministry stated that the page of the Muharraq City Development Project reviews the development plan, which is based on 5 axes, including preserving the historical identity of Muharraq city, providing housing units that meet the aspirations of the Bahraini family, preserving buildings of heritage value, increasing the green area of the area and diversifying its afforestation, as well as developing infrastructure services and public facilities.
It noted that the page details the business plan and outputs to be achieved by the project, which includes the development of areas in the range of about 1.4 million square meters in addition to restoring 16 buildings of heritage value as part of their preservation and completion of the pearl trail, Used in cultural and tourism activities, in addition to increasing the region's green area and diversifying its afforestation, By providing a green square 72 of up to 12 thousand square meters with the planting of 100 thousand trees, the development of 48 square kilometres of traffic and pedestrian corridors, as well as the provision of parking for residents and visitors to the areas.
You can see the project guide by visiting the website link of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, or via the direct link of the web page:
https://www.housing.gov.bh/muharraq-city-development.
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