Ashghal: Completion of the first zone of Al Wakrah Beach Development Project

The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announced on May 9, 2018, the completion of the main works of the first zone of ​​Al Wakrah Beach Development Project, which is composed of three zones. This is during the visit of Mr. Abdul Aziz Al Mansoori, Technical Affairs Manager at Al Wakrah Municipality, to the completed section of the project, which will be opened to public on 15 May 2018.

The opening of this zone is part of an integrated plan developed by Ashghal for the development of the Corniche areas in Doha City, Al Wakrah City, Al Khor and Al Shamal. Mr. Abdul Aziz Al Mansoori, Technical Affairs Manager at Al Wakrah Municipality, expressed his contentment with Ashghal achievement and he stressed on the importance of Al Wakrah Beach Development Project to serve Al Wakrah area residents. Ashghal is developing the beach of Al Wakrah, which is composed of three zones covering an area of 335,000 square meter, and is designed to become a leisure destination suitable for families.

Eng. Khalid Abdulla ALNajjar, Project Engineer at Buildings Project Management Department, stated that 2100-meter of the interlock for the pedestrian walkways completed, also 120 pergola will be implemented to provide shaded areas for families. Currently, all the pergolas for zone 1 are installed. The project also includes three green areas covering 25 thousand square meters. In addition to the development of 98 solar lighting poles to preserve the environment and reduce electricity consumption. The lightening poles will be distributed along the beach to enable the beach users to use it at night. Also a 2,500-meter-long metal fence along the beach will be built with three entrances.

The remaining works in the project will be completed by July 2018 and include 12 buildings for public toilets distributed among the three beach areas, and three equipped buildings to be used as a cafeteria in the future as well as three guard rooms. The project also includes 600 parking spaces on an area of ​​20,000 square meters. Where all the parking lots for Zone 1 are completed. It is worth mentioning that the project was launched in October last year and Ashghal has been keen to open this part of the project to the public ahead of schedule.