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13 April 2009 JEDDAH: Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled
Al-Faisal announced yesterday that housing units would
be provided to evicted residents of unorganized
residential districts surrounding Khozam area that are
under development.
He said the residents’ rights were given top priority
under the Khozam area development plan.
“We shall prepare all the conditions and facilities
necessary to create a better life for residents of the
city,” he said.
Prince Khaled was speaking to reporters during an
inspection visit yesterday to the Khozam area
development project. Work on the project started last
month.
The prince noted that the project, which includes the
development of four districts, has been initiated with
a successful start.
“People will feel the importance of this project after
its completion,” he said.
He said the project “is a human development project,”
which has security, economic, social and cultural
dimensions. “It would result in great improvement in
the living conditions of the people of the districts
who are deprived of basic amenities,” he said.
He added that the developed districts would have a
modern infrastructure, including schools, hospitals
and all other facilities.
Abdullatif Al-Shallash, CEO of Khozam Real Estate
Company, which is handling the project, said the
project would be completed in record time in view of
the global economic crisis.
The project will be completed according to a precise
time schedule, he said, adding that the whole project
is expected to be ready in five years.
The first phase of the project will begin in downtown
Jeddah. Buildings in the area will be evacuated
beginning September. The second phase will include Al-Sabeel
district and is expected to begin in May next year.
The third and fourth phases covering Khozam and Al-Nuzlah
areas respectively will start by August 2011.
“The infrastructure and public services in these
districts are excepted to be ready by the end of June
2014,” he said. |
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