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Emirates gained exclusive access yesterday to the site, which will house more than one million people.
The city will feature 10 districts, and phase one will see construction of the districts along the waterfront – including a marina and one of the world’s tallest buildings.
As well as this, 90 per cent of the reclamation of land for Palm Jebel Ali – which is part of Dubai Waterfront projects – has now been completed and infrastructure and utilities will be put in place in midto late 2007.
Matt Joyce, the managing director of Dubai Waterfront, said the 15-year project was moving forward at a rapid pace. He said: “There is not much to see at the moment, but the proof of the development’s riches will be in the pudding.
“A detailed master plan for the city has now been completed and approved by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.” At the moment 2,300 hectares of land is being developed along the waterfront and will include the city’s Central Business District (CBD).
The Nakheel project has four world-renowned urban planners working on making it a city which will be pleasant to live in and easy to travel around.
Teo Ah Khing, from TAK Group, is an urban planner who has worked in New York, Sydney and Singapore among other cities, and said Madinat Al Arab will be the best designed city in the world.
“The Madinat Al Arab will have a core CBD carefully planned with an inner harbour and will be on a par with the world’s best waterfront cities such as Vancouver, Sydney and Hong Kong,” he said.
“We have used statistics, benchmarking and best practices against other cities and looked at open spaces and transportation to make this as appealing to people as possible.” The Madinat Al Arab will boast 50 kilometres of canals connecting the districts as well as a rail system integrated into the Dubai Light Railway System.
The city will feature 10 districts, and phase one will see construction of the districts along the waterfront – including a marina and one of the world’s tallest buildings.
As well as this, 90 per cent of the reclamation of land for Palm Jebel Ali – which is part of Dubai Waterfront projects – has now been completed and infrastructure and utilities will be put in place in midto late 2007.
Matt Joyce, the managing director of Dubai Waterfront, said the 15-year project was moving forward at a rapid pace. He said: “There is not much to see at the moment, but the proof of the development’s riches will be in the pudding.
“A detailed master plan for the city has now been completed and approved by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.” At the moment 2,300 hectares of land is being developed along the waterfront and will include the city’s Central Business District (CBD).
The Nakheel project has four world-renowned urban planners working on making it a city which will be pleasant to live in and easy to travel around.
Teo Ah Khing, from TAK Group, is an urban planner who has worked in New York, Sydney and Singapore among other cities, and said Madinat Al Arab will be the best designed city in the world.
“The Madinat Al Arab will have a core CBD carefully planned with an inner harbour and will be on a par with the world’s best waterfront cities such as Vancouver, Sydney and Hong Kong,” he said.
“We have used statistics, benchmarking and best practices against other cities and looked at open spaces and transportation to make this as appealing to people as possible.” The Madinat Al Arab will boast 50 kilometres of canals connecting the districts as well as a rail system integrated into the Dubai Light Railway System.
