Archive for January, 2009

Final Touches

January 6, 2009

A whole new neighborhood is about to be born.  Before long, there will be families, children, pets, a few weirdoes, security guards, maids, car washers, loafers and maybe some nice people moving in.  They’ve worked on this site a few months now and it looks almost complete.  The outside wall was being painted this morning.  

The colour looks better in real life.  The finishing is to a high quality considering they’re obviously been built for the rent market.  The thing that worries me (apart from the weirdos) is the number of cars this will be coming to this quiet area.  I first thought this long row was going to be houses.  I went inside today and most, if not all, are flats! With an average two cars per flat, the road will probably only be open part-time.  The rest of the time it will be reserved parking :)

New Year = Roads

January 5, 2009

Happy New Year Mangaf.

I posted about the roads tender back in July and I’ve been following up the “progress” – very slow progress – on the government website and construction news.  If you add all the information together, it gives an answer of early 2009 for the commencement of works.

I was talking to a neighbour last week and he knows someone in the Ministry of Works.  His information suggests February 2009.  Usually, I wouldn’t have bothered to post this, but the fact that it agrees with the tender closing dates, and generally the amount of time it would take to evaluate and select, it sounds about right to me.

I will of course write once I have confrimation.  If any reader has more information, please add your comments.