Abandoned Abu Dhabi development to be torn down – 13 years after construction started – The National

Abandoned Abu Dhabi development to be torn down – 13 years after construction started – The National

Abandoned Abu Dhabi development to be torn down - 13 years after construction started. Construction on the 246,500 square metre Meena Plaza project began in 2007, but was halted twice before work was halted. An abandoned Dh1billion development which has been under construction in Abu Dhabi's Port Zayed for more than a decade will be torn down.. Authorities warned explosions would be heard in the vicinity of Meena Plaza on Thursday from 9am due to a pilot test to help plan the demolition of the project.. According to a notice issued by the Department of Municipalities and Transport work on the demolition pilot test was scheduled to start at 9am.. "This may lead to some relatively strong noise, which may be heard by those in the vicinity in the morning," said a tweet by Abu Dhabi Government Media Office.. Tomorrow morning, January 16, 2020, a pilot test for development projects will take place in the Port Zayed Area.. Construction was due to begin again in October 2014, but the project was never completed.. The buildings stood half-finished for years at the end of the Corniche as a rare eyesore on the Abu Dhabi skyline.. The Department of Municipalities and Transport