ABU DHABI 15 November 2018: The City Municipal Centre in the Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM), has embarked on landscaping works of the median of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Street in Abu Dhabi.
The project is part of the municipality’s efforts to keep pace with the development drive in the city and maintain the urban appearance of the road.
The project reflects the keenness of ADM to improve the city’s landscape. Improvement works include updating the greenery, and flower bases. The project is part of a comprehensive drive for revamping the infrastructure, facilities, roads and roundabouts across Abu Dhabi Island. These works aim to enhance the general appearance of the city, reduce maintenance costs, and curb water spillage in the streets.
The project will be undertaken over two phases. The initial phase covers the sector from the intersection of Moqab Street with Rashid bin Saeed Street up to the intersection of Salama bint Butti Street.
Phase two covers the sector from Shakhbout bin Sultan Street to Salama bint Butti Street and from Moqab Street to Al Maqtaa Bridge.
Landscaping works at Sheikh Zayed Bridge completed
Recently, Abu Dhabi City Municipality has carried out 7-metre landscaping works at Sheikh Zayed Bridge and on road sides to and from Al Maqtaa Bridge, at a cost of Dh5 million.
Sheikh Zayed Bridge area is the gateway to Abu Dhabi Island where landscaping works currently undertaken on both sides of the road are nearing completion (92%). Works include the fitting of coloured stones and tiles, carving floral motifs and planting domestic hedges and 381 palm trees, as part of Abu Dhabi’s palm trees cultivation plan that aims to preserve the emirate’s heritage and ancestors’ legacy.
The project is part of the Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities efforts to enhance the aesthetics of the city and harmonise the silhouette of the Sheikh Zayed Bridge, which is one of the UAE’s distinctive landmarks and considered a global architectural masterpiece.
