The Lusail Real Estate Development Company has said that its iconic waterfront development, underway in Doha’s north, will be bigger than Beirut when completed and accommodate close to half a million people.
“The future city of Qatar”, as the chief executive officer Mohamed bin Ali al-Hedfa calls it, is also right “on [...]
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DOHA: Mowasalat, Qatar’s public transport provider, plans to increase the number of points where taxis pick up customers in the city to 60. There are currently only 15 taxi stands in Doha.
The bus system has grown, with the number increasing from 20 buses in 2005 to 260 at the beginning of the year. “We [...]
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The transport sector is one of the Middle East and North Africa’s biggest investment magnets, as governments and their private partners start to turn the region’s often antiquated and under-developed maritime, rail, road and air infrastructure into world-class assets, writes Ian Lewis…
The ambitious nature of these plans is demonstrated in the ports segment, where more [...]
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