Dh5bn expansion of Khalifa City approved

The Urban Planning Council of Abu Dhabi yesterday approved a Dh5bn expansion of Khalifa City A, making the district grow from 7,000 to 53,000 residents by 2030.

The plan includes the building of 4,500 villas, 100 apartments, 30 schools and 30 public parks, as well as shops, hotels and a medical compound.

Uwe Nienstedt, the project development director for KEO International, a consulting firm, said yesterday that “all the changes are now finished” and that the municipality was keen to start building. “The planning phase is over,” he said, adding that the council would turn the project over to the municipality in the next couple of weeks.

The National

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