Dubai: Nakheel has revised the masterplan of the Palm Deira, the last and the largest of the Palm trilogy, aligning it with the Deira Corniche project, that will reshape the stretch of land between the Hyatt Regency hotel and Al Mamzar Park.
A conceptual master plan for the Palm Deira, which is planned to be the largest man-made island in the world and a city for more than one million people was launched in 2004 and since then extensive planning and studies have been carried out to refine the masterplan.
Sand
The Palm Deira development will consist of two different projects: Deira Corniche and the Palm Deira island itself.
The total area of the development is planned to be 4,900 hectares (49 million square metres), with the total volume of sand required to reclaim the two projects being 1.14 billion cubic metres.
The first phase of the new masterplan is Deira Extension, which is part of Deira Corniche.
Reclamation on the Palm Deira development is progressing on schedule with more than 178 million cubic metres of sand in place to date.
This volume is 60 per cent more than the total amount of sand used to create the Palm Jumeirah.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, recently approved that Deira Extension, the first phase of the Deira Corniche project, will connect with the current area of Deira between the mouth of Dubai Creek and Port Hamriya, creating a major new business and residential district that will revitalise the oldest part of the city.
The 591 hectare reclaimed land (5.91 million square metres), formed in a semi circle, will extend out from the current Deira Corniche.
Extension to be a major district
Abdullah Bin Sulayem, operations director of the Palm Deira, praised the revised plans that see the island aligning with the Deira Corniche project.
"Deira Extension will ultimately act as the gateway to The Palm Deira but is also a major district in its own right," he said.
"Its vibrant mix of commercial, residential and recreational elements, has been carefully master planned in a number of sub-districts that will be home to a wide variety of people and businesses."
