A Diary of a New Town
Good news.
According to our Parliament Website, MP Salem Al Namlan has suggested a police station for Mangaf. This comes as the population density increases etc etc.
This is good. I believe the large Co-Op area currently under development – see here - will probably include the station.
The clearing has begun, and they were hard at work this morning moving excess sand from the major routes. It’s being dumped in the huge open area in Block 1.
With the works beginning around Mangaf to connect us to the road network, I thought I should capture a few shots of how life is today. People have created neighbourhoods, driveways and even gardens before any sign of planning. This relative feeling of stability is about to be disturbed for a while, with all the digging and construction, before leaving a clean finished look for the final phase of this town.
It looks like something is about to finally happen. Saturday (we don’t know which one but possibly the day after tomorrow) this ‘road’ will be closed. It’s the main entrance to Mangaf from the North at the exit from the highway.
I am pleased to announce that work will begin on a 20-month contract for the drain/sanitary lines and roads in Blocks 1 and 2 in Mangaf. They have started the measuring and digging will commence May 1st.
These men from the compny doing the work were working an hour ago on sight.
Two years from now, this will be Mangaf’s new CoOp. It looks like it will be a huge project, and judging by the 7m KD it’s costing – I hope it will look nice too. I will try to get more details. Please comment if you have any information.
They were digging the foundations yesterday. Two years from today in shaa Allah.
Thank you Hussain for pointing this out.
