Tuesday, 29 April 2008

Nakheel initiates flooding of Palm Cove Canal in Waterfront



The master developer Nakheel on Monday began flooding the first four water Waterfront, Palm Cove channel, which will have the capacity to 4.2 million cubic meters of water.

Matt Joyce, Nakheel managing director for the Waterfront, described the floods as "important event" in the Waterfront development.

"When completed, Palm Cove channel will boast five nautical miles of boardwalks and integrated transport system.

"In flooding the channel marks the first step in achieving this embankment on the life of community," he said.

Running parallel to the Dubai property shoreline, Palm Cove canal will take about two weeks to completely fill. The channel itself is 140 meters wide and eight kilometers.

The master developer Nakheel on Monday began flooding the first four water Waterfront, Palm Cove channel, which will have the capacity to 4.2 million cubic meters of water.

Matt Joyce, Nakheel managing director for the Waterfront, described the floods as "important event" in the Waterfront development.

"When completed, Palm Cove channel will boast five nautical miles of boardwalks and integrated transport system.

"In flooding the channel marks the first step in achieving this embankment on the life of community of Dubai property," he said.

Running parallel to the shoreline, Palm Cove canal will take about two weeks to completely fill. The channel itself is 140 meters wide and eight kilometers.

Waterfront: Major features

Total area: 14,000 hectares

Madinat Al Arab: 700 hectares

Canal district: 240 hectares

Boulevard Park: 100 hectares

Quay wall: Spanning 3,350 linear meters

Five marinas: Covering an area of 82 hectares

Badra residential area: 1,042 apartments and 146 townhouses

Veneto residential area: 1,400 villas and townhouses and 1,200 low-rise apartments

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