The third largest and third most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sharjah, has completed the construction of a 1.3-kilometre rubber walkway, a service building, and a 3-metre wide interlock walkway on Al Hamriyah Beachtotalling an investment of Dh4.5 million (US$1.2 million).
The project comes in line with the directives of Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, aimed at developing the tourism sector in the emirate, according to the UAE’s official news agency.
Ali bin Shaheen Al Suwaidi, chairman of the Sharjah Public Works Department (SPWD), said that the project is part of SPWD’s development plan to meet the needs of the municipal councils, develop facilities and public services, improve the aesthetic and civilised landscape, keep pace with the development programmes in the emirate and encourage people to practice the sport of running in a proper healthy and natural environment.
The SPWD had earlier prepared a comprehensive study on the best way to exploit beach walkways.