Jordan plans to build a new city that can hold up to 1 million people
The city, which is expected to be located about 40 km from Jordan’s capital Amman and 31 km from the city of Zarqa, will be built on and surrounded by state land, simplifying decision-making on the project, the state-run Petra news agency quoted Khasawneh as saying on Tuesday. .
Research and planning on the project is expected to be completed in two years, while infrastructure construction will begin in 2025, Petra reported.
Khasawneh added that a ministerial committee had been set up to oversee the progress of the project, noting that a state-owned company would later take on the management and follow-up of the project’s implementation, the news agency reported. Xinhua.
The city would be based on a public-private partnership and a number of buildings and facilities would be built on a build, operate and transfer basis, he said.
Khasawneh expected the first phase of the project, including planning, to be completed by early 2025 and infrastructure construction, which is part of the second phase of the project, to begin the same year.
Government communications minister Faisal Shboul said the city’s population will exceed 157,000 in the first phase and reach 1 million by 2050 in the final phase.
Shboul predicted that the new city would create 90,000 jobs during construction and benefit the labor and construction industries.
At a meeting on Tuesday, Khasawneh informed King Abdullah II of Jordan about the project.
The king asked the government to set up an advisory committee made up of specialists and experts for the planning of the city, to ensure that the city becomes an architectural and urban model that meets the sustainability needs in terms of resources, energy , water and environment.
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