Jumeirah Corniche Walk opens today

More than two kilometres of the Jumeirah Corniche Walk as well as the jogging track starting from the Dubai Sailing Club to near the Dubai Municipality’s Umm Suqeim centre have been completed and will be opened to sports enthusiasts today.

Nabeel Mohammed Salih, Director of the Traffic and Roads Agency at the Roads and Transport Authority, said with the initial phase of the Jumeirah Corniche completed, the project is now 70 per cent done. It will fully open to the public by next October.

“We are inviting walking and jogging enthusiasts to practise at the Jumeirah Corniche during this holy month of Ramadan, when there is a marked tendency among community members to walk and jog,” Salih said. “Walking is increasingly attracting a large portion of the community.”

The project includes a 5-metre-wide walk and a 4-metre-wide jogging track. — KT photo by Leslie Pableo

When finished, the Jumeirah Corniche project will extend for 14km from the backyard of the Dubai Marine Resort to the Burj Al Arab Hotel. It will comprise a five-metre-wide walk, a jogging track (4m wide) and rest-houses fitted with commercial kiosks, shaded benches overlooking the beach, and public and health facilities.

A project with a unique landscaping theme, it will also have stylish decorative lighting.

lily@khaleejtimes.com