Dubai - Mubasher: Dubai Municipality has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dubai Holding to develop the largest public park in the emirate.
The new park will have a total area stretching across 1.43 million square meters (sqm) in DubaiLand.
The construction of the first phase of the park, covering 318,000 sqm, is scheduled to commence later this year, and will offer a four-kilometer jogging track, seven-kilometer of pedestrian pathways and a two-kilometer cycling track, as well as 10 sports grounds and one major events space.
The park will act as a new destination for residents and tourists and provide a vibrant, natural environment, encouraging individuals to lead a healthy and active lifestyle.
Through developing the park, Dubai Holding and Dubai Municipality aim to elevate the city’s fitness levels, as well as consolidate Dubai’s position as one of the happiest cities around the world.
The park will also help preserve the environment through reducing water consumption by 5 litres per sqm and will be home to up to 15,000 trees of native and adopted species.
Director General of Dubai Municipality, Hussain Lootah, said that the park is in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to expand the emirate’s green spaces.
The project will establish the longest public park in Dubai, and will meet the highest levels of sustainability while raising environmental awareness among its visitors, he added.
