Sunday, December 16, 2007

The Arabian Canal

The region's biggest engineering project with an estimated project value of US $11 billion (AED 40.3 billion) and extending 75km in length, the Arabian Canal will eventually become home to two million people - doubling the emirate's current population.
Says Ian Raine, development manager for Arabian Canal, Limitless: "It is just getting it moving. Obviously there has never been anything of this scale in Dubai - it is the largest yet ever undertaken, so we have challenges as part of that."

The face of Dubai will inexorably change once again. While it is often commented that a year is a long time for Dubai, come 2015, it is going to be unrecognisable.
Read the full article here.

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