East Sitra City phase 1 completed 28% | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

East Sitra City phase 1 completed 28% | THE DAILY TRIBUNE | KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN

The first phase of construction of East Sitra City, a public housing mega-project in Bahrain, which was started in 2020 for 1077 housing units, has achieved a 28% completion. “We expect the current phase to complete during the second half of 2023,” said Ibrahim bin Hassan Al Hawaj, the Minister of Works, and Amna bint Ahmed Al Romaihi, the Housing and Urban Planning Minister. They were paying a visit to the city of East Sitra to inspect the work progress. Reviewing the work progress, the ministers also stressed the need for closer cooperation and coordination in implementing development projects in the Kingdom, especially in the housing sector. Works Minister said they completed detailed designs for the project awarded earlier this year by the tender board for BD424,000. The project will have two phases, the first of which aims to link the city to the surrounding road network through two sea bridges, one in the northwest and the other in the southwest. A four-lane road will connect the project to its street. The first phase includes Sheikh Salman bin Ahmed AlFateh Street rehabilitation over two kilometres. The second phase includes linking the housing project with the road network by creating a