Projek mega di Makkah siap menjelang 2012

MAKKAH: Datuk Bandar Makkah, Dr Osama Al-Bar, berkata beberapa projek mega yang dilaksana di kota suci ini dijamin siap menjelang 2012.

Saudi Gazette melaporkan Osama yang juga Pengerusi serta Ketua Eksekutif Pihak Berkuasa Pembangunan Makkah sebagai berkata jaminan itu bersandarkan kepada arahan Raja Abdullah.
Antara projek berkenaan ialah Lebuh Raya Raja Abdul Aziz yang menghubungkan Makkah dan Jeddah.

Beliau berkata, pembinaan lebuh raya itu sudah bermula dan ia akan menjadi contoh untuk pembinaan jalan raya di wilayah itu pada masa depan.

Satu lagi projek yang hampir siap ialah lapan rumah penyembelihan yang dilengkapi peralatan moden dan akan diurus oleh Bank Pembangunan Islam.

Juga dalam pembinaan ialah empat terowong pejalan kaki yang menghubungkan daerah Al-Hujun dan Al-Jarwal dengan Masjidil Haram.

Osama juga dilapor berkata projek membina 5,000 unit rumah juga telah bermula dan apabila siap kelak akan diberi kepada penduduk terutama mereka yang rumahnya dirobohkan.
Selain itu, sembilan stesen monorel yang menghubungkan Padang Arafah, Mina dan Mudzalifah juga hampir siap.

Projek lain yang diarahkan siap menjelang 2012 oleh Raja Abdullah ialah pembinaan ruang tambahan di timur Masjidil Haram, projek Jabal Omar dan sistem keretapi laju antara Makkah dan Madinah. - BERNAMA

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Makkah mayor promises mega projects’ completion by 2012

MAKKAH: Dr. Osama Al-Bar, the Mayor of Makkah, member of the Central Haj Committee and Chairman and Chief Executive of the Makkah Development Authority, has promised that a number of large projects currently underway in the city will be completed by 2012.
Al-Bar told Saudi Gazette that this has been ordered by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.
He said the projects that have been earmarked include the King Abdul Aziz Highway between Makkah and Jeddah, running parallel to the existing highway. He said construction has already started and that it will be a prototype for future road developments in the region.
Another project is the construction of eight slaughter houses with modern equipment and an automatic cleaning system, which is also now nearing completion.
These slaughter houses will operate under the Islamic Development Bank.
The arrangements have been made to slaughter one million animals during the days of sacrifice. There are five other slaughter houses operating under the mayoralty’s authority.
Al-Bar said there are four pedestrian tunnels, named after King Abdullah, now being built.
The tunnels will connect Al-Hujun district and Al-Jarwal District with the Grand Mosque. These tunnels are expected to reduce traffic in the area.
A housing project of 5,000 units has also started.
These houses will be given to citizens particularly those whose houses have been demolished.
This will be an additional benefit, apart from compensation already paid out by King Abdullah, said Al-Bar.
He said nine stations are almost completed, which are part of the multibillion railway project linking Arafat, Mina and Muzdalifa.
Al-Bar said the King wants other projects also completed by 2012, including the new annex east of the Grand Mosque, the Jabal Omar project near the Grand Mosque, and the high-speed rail between Makkah and Madina.
– Saudi Gazette

Source from: http://www.saudigazette.com.sa