Approval for Dh500m worth construction projects across country

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Approval for Dh500m worth construction projects across country
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Abu Dhabi - The move is in sync with the directives of the President

By WAM

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Published: Wed 18 Jan 2017, 6:51 PM

Last updated: Thu 19 Jan 2017, 12:31 AM

The UAE President's Initiatives Committee has endorsed 420 construction projects at a cost of Dh500 million, to be implemented across the country.

The move is in sync with the directives of the President, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and the follow-up of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

During a meeting chaired by Ahmed Juma Al Zaabi, Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs, on Tuesday the committee also reviewed the progress of the Shaikh Mohammed Bin Zayed City project in Fujairah. It is an integrated city in Al Hail area, Fujairah, spread over land area of 2.15 million square metres, which houses 1,100 residential units.

The committee approved connecting the internal sewerage network of the city with the sewerage system of Tanqia Company in Fujairah. The project also includes construction of pumping stations and pipelines as well as the expansion of pumping lines at a total cost of Dh37 million.

The committee also reviewed the rehabilitation of landfills in the UAE.

The meeting was also attended by Jabr Mohammed Al Suwaidi, director general of the Crown Prince's Court of Abu Dhabi; Rashid Al Amiri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Presidential Affairs, and other senior officials.


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