Furjan Parks works mark remarkable progress

While adding another remarkable achievement to its credit, the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar has completed the 61% works of Furjan Parks. A total of 15 parks are set up across Qatar as part of the committee’s efforts to humanise cities and change a car-centric culture to a pedestrian and cyclist-friendly culture. Also, Furjan parks aim to create recreational spaces and plazas that contribute to encouraging families to lead a healthy lifestyle and practice sports from nearby enjoyable destinations just outside their closed doors.The project is implemented by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal). Ashghal on Sunday tweeted that the construction works of these parks will be completed by the third quarter of 2022.

Last year, the Supervisory Committee, in co-operation with the Ministry of Municipality, launched a strategic plan to build parks that serve tourists and visitors across the country. The strategic plan also includes implementing small green spaces such as Al Furjan Parks that serve residents of specific neighbourhoods while creating green plazas implemented in various locations to help protect the environment.The parks are designed to be close to homes, easily reachable by pedestrians or cyclists, which encourage the people of the area to visit them regularly and spend quality time in a healthy and safe environment, which enhances social gathering and communication. The parks are basically constructed to act as a breather for community members and they increase green area and improving quality of life, and are considered as natural filters to purify the air from carbon emissions, one important factor in increasing the share of each person per square metre of green space. The parks include many features that make it an enjoyable destination for all family members, including elderly, youth and children. These features and services vary according to the area of the park, such as pedestrian and cyclist paths, seats, and some parks include kids’ play areas, fitness equipment, kiosks, and others. Elderly people and people with special needs are also taken into consideration in the designs.Two of these parks are located in Al Rayyan Municipality including Al Soudan Park on an area of 2300 sq.m and Fereej Al Thameed Park to be built on 15,750 sq mt. The third park located in Doha Municipality at Hazam Al Markhiya is to be built on an area of about 24,340 sq.m. Also, parks are built Al Thumama in Doha Municipality and Al Wajbah in Al Rayyan Municipality. The project features three parks in Al Wakra Municipality. These are in addition to the parks at Rawdat Egdaim and Al Mearad in Al Rayyan Municipality and parks at Al Sailiya, Bu Hamour and Al Daayen.