Riyadh Municipality Riyadh Municipality has issued directives to the competent authorities, following the approval of the proposals submitted by the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, not to grant building and urban planning licenses for all lands located on the following roads:
<King Salman Road. <King Khalid Road. <Jeddah to Qiddiya Road.
King Khalid Airport Road “North of the North Ring Road”.
Only after receiving approval from a committee formed for this purpose from the following authorities:
<The Royal Court. <Diriyah Gate Development Authority. <Riyadh Municipality. <Riyadh City Development Authority. <In order to raise the quality of urban design in Riyadh and in line with the major projects in Riyadh, especially Qiddiya and Diriyah Gate projects, as well as to protect the environmental areas adjacent to Wadi Hanifa and its tributaries. The Municipality requested Riyadh Development Authority to conduct a comprehensive urban-environmental study of the lands overlooking Wadi Hanifa and its tributaries in the area from Wadi Laban in the south to Al Amariya Road in the north, provided that the study includes reviewing building regulations in that area and land uses, reviewing the status of existing buildings and plans and the proposed mechanisms to deal with them.
The directives included the launch of the Riyadh Development Authority (RDA). The directives included the launch of an initiative called “Model Neighborhoods”, which is concerned with the development of Riyadh's neighborhoods.
<It will be implemented by the Riyadh Development Authority. It takes into account the development of urban aspects, traffic and all works that lead to making the neighborhoods of Riyadh a model city.
