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Sharjah to pave sandy roads in residential areas
Dh62m project to include storm water drainage network
- By Mariam M. Al Serkal, Staff Reporter
- Published: 00:00 February 15, 2012
- Image Credit: Ahmed Ramzan/Gulf News
- The Directorate of Public works has launched a new project to pave all sandy roads in Sharjah residential areas.
Sharjah Sandy roads in residential areas, which have long been an eyesore, will soon be a thing of the past with the Directorate of Public Works (DPW) announcing plans to pave all roads.
The DPW yesterday announced that it had completed a Dh62 million road network in Al Ramla, the first neighbourhood to benefit from the project.
Although further details of the project were not revealed, Sulaiman Al Hajiri, director of the Roads Department at the DPW, said that all sandy internal roads in residential neighbourhoods will soon become tarred roads.
"The project in Al Ramla consisted of paving double and single lanes at a length of 1.1km, as well as pedestrian pavements on both sides of the roads," he said.
Car parks
"The project further includes the establishment of car parks, [which] cover a total area of 48,550 square metres [and] have easy access to main roads, and we have also implemented a modern network of storm water drainage within the area," Al Hajiri said.
The project of paving roads in residential areas was made under the directives of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, who aims to urbanise neighbourhoods and meet the demands of the growing number of residents.
"We are improving the streets and road facilities in the emirate in a series of projects that will help the transportation system on an overall basis, and to keep pace with the construction boom and the requirements of residents in the emirate," Al Hajiri said.
Residents said they were pleased with the announcement of the roads project.
"It is the most unpleasant thing to see outside your home... rubbish littered on the [ground] and nobody has consideration for the neighbourhood," said Umm Abdul Rahman from Samnan area.
"Because of the sandy roads, the dust makes the houses very dirty and ruins the image of the neighbourhood in general."
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