01 SEPTEMBER 2001

Almost half of the buildings in the urban limits of Dubai do not have car-parks for their residents, according to a Dubai Municipality study.

The survey showed that out of 51,784 buildings in urban Dubai, 26,798 buildings were without a car-parking facility. The parking spaces available in the remaining buildings were enough to accommodate up to 149,252 cars.

• Gulf SME Forum set for Muscat
• Hempel offers choice of future
• Metito installs plants in Sharjah
• New projects
• Oman to build four fishing harbours
• Seef tower is nearly ready
• Two firms win desal plant deal
• UAE plans 56 new projects worth $320m
• UOG signs $453m water pipeline deal
• US company sets up base in Bahrain
• Waterfront developments on show
• Water supply project on schedule
• $290m road works planned
• 40 UK firms to go on show at Big 5
• Ajjaj reopens showroom
• Amwaj sets target for dredging work
• Contracts
• Diary of Events
• Dubai lacks enough car-parks
• Dubai spending on infrastructure up
• Dubai to update building code
• Emaar names Rikaz as rep in Saudi

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