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Emirates: Abu Dhabi 2030 strategic plan
The house-building programme boasts similar proportions, with 50,000 homes for the citizens of Abu Dhabi due to appear in the coming two decades. The North Wathba project alone will offer 13,000 building plots, with more than 7,500 detached homes due to be completed this year.
Sener says work on Abu Dhabi tram to start shortly
Sener, the Spanish consultant company, confirmed on Tuesday that work on Abu Dhabi’s new transport system would begin shortly. According to a news report by 7Days, the consultant said that work on phase one of the tram project will begin in the north of city, with a 30km route linking to the city centre.
Abu Dhabi International Airport posts traffic record in 2011
Etihad Airways continues to play a key role in the growth of Abu Dhabi International Airport. As a result of Etihad’s new aircraft and new destinations served during 2011, scheduled passenger aircraft movements grew by +6.2%, totalling 90,281 movements, with Etihad recording 61.4% of the total aircraft traffic.
Louvre, Guggenheim projects revived in Abu Dhabi after review
Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich sheikhdom that’s transforming itself into a business and cultural hub, plans to resume suspended real-estate projects including branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums after reviewing their viability, the government said.
New projects to boost development in Abu Dhabi
The council gave approval for construction, renovation and infrastructure projects in Liwa, Ghayathi, Al Hayer, Al-Shuaib, Bida Al Mutawaa, Mazyed, Um Ghafa, Nema, Al Salamat Umm Alashtan and Alybanh. Additional infrastructure projects will be implemented for a number of other residential districts in the north of Al Wathba, Al Falah, Mohamed bin Zayed, and Emirati neighbourhoods in metropolitan and other areas.
$968 Billion in projects set for GCC
A 131km metro system in Abu Dhabi is forecasted to begin in 2015. A pan-GCC rail system is in the works, with an updated value of about $30 billion. This network will include the first rail line linking all the GCC member states.
2012 outlook for Abu Dhabi transport
The preliminary design for an Abu Dhabi metro and downtown light-rail transit (LRT) that will travel at a maximum speed of 100kph is planned for a summer 2012 unveiling. Construction on the 266-kilometre first stage of the Etihad Rail network between Habshan and Ruwais is to begin early in 2012
GCC set to invest $968b in 1,638 new projects
Over the next decade, the GCC countries, underpinned by record high oil revenues, are planning 1,638 major projects worth more than $968 billion across various sectors, Kuwait Financial Centre, or Markaz, said. Over 80 per cent of these projects are construction, infrastructure and petroleum industry related projects, the report said.
IATA awards Abu Dhabi International Airport for fast travel
The Abu Dhabi International Airport received the golden award for Fast Travel from International Air Transport Association (IATA), becoming the first airport in the region to adopt IATA’s latest initiative in response to growing passenger demands for more adequate and speedy travel procedures at airports.
Abu Dhabi’s necessary two steps backward
The reassessment of Abu Dhabi’s Vision 2030 resulted in job cuts and project delays. It would’ve been nice without a negative knock-on effect but perhaps it just couldn’t be helped. Even with a recent report that Abu Dhabi is now expecting to handle a million passengers a month, Abu Dhabi’s business landscape looks pretty shaky despite great momentum its aviation industry displays.
