Abu Dhabi to get new suq
01 June 2003
Authorities in Abu Dhabi are replacing the 30-year-old present suq with a modern but oriental museum-like bazaar, according to reports.
The three million sq m project will start taking shape early next year after the existing gutted market is demolished. It will cut across the city's Hamdan and Khalifa Streets, and will be linked by a tunnel instead of the present pedestrian bridge. The tunnel would adjoin vast underground car-parks and lifts leading up to the shops.
The new market will consist of one or two-storey buildings housing nearly 250 shops lined up on spacious alleys and covered by classical arcades. Technical and executive arrangements for the project are under way, said a municipality official. Besides the shops, the new suq will have two 1,200-space car-parks, green areas, main squares, mosques, recreational facilities, restaurants, public toilets, services and other facilities for both shop owners and customers.
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