The Royal Commission for Makkah City and the Holy Sites, represented by the Comprehensive Management Center, held a workshop today to review the most prominent solutions and facilities needed by the company implementing the Masar project, and to discuss ways of cooperating with more than fifteen government agencies to find solutions that ensure the project is implemented on time and meets the operational requirements as planned.
The workshop concluded with several recommendations, the most important of which were aligning the project with the Royal Commission’s directions and strategic programs, working on designing an operational model for facilities management, listening to the requirements of government agencies, and aligning the project studies with the studies of the Guests of God program. The workshop included, in addition to the Royal Commission, Umm Al Qura Development and Construction Company, the developer of the Masar project, and more than seventy participants from different sectors.
The Masar Destination Project is one of the most important development projects in Makkah, and a multi-potential urban destination whose main nucleus is King Abdul Aziz Road. The project is located in the western part of the Holy City, starting from the Third Ring Road, and passing the First Ring Road, at the western edge of Jabal Omar, and reaching the outskirts of the Holy Mosque in Makkah. The total area of the project is 1,247,056 square meters, and it is 550 meters away from the courtyards of the Holy Mosque in Makkah.
The Masar project has a strategic dimension that intersects with the Vision 2030 programs. It supports the Guests of God Service Program, providing diverse accommodation solutions, integrated facilities and services that enrich the experience of the Guests of God, and provides safe and diverse routes for transportation. It also works on the Quality of Life Program, providing spaces for cultural and sports activities for residents and visitors, diverse facilities such as restaurants, cafes, pedestrian walkways and services that enhance the experience of the residents of Makkah, housing options supported by integrated infrastructure, and focuses on the digital economy by providing an integrated digital infrastructure that supports modern communication technologies.
The project achieves a number of developmental and improvement goals, and is the main gateway to the Holy Mosque, for pedestrians and vehicles. It provides a main road network that increases the future capacity of the area, and it also works to achieve its environmental goals, as it addresses the problem of slums and works to develop them, in addition to providing open areas and pedestrian walkways.
The project announced a timeframe for the completion of its projects: the infrastructure work for the Masar destination will be completed in 2022, the first development package will be completed in 2024, and the development work for the buildings will be completed in 2038.
