Dubai Water Canal Project: Phase 1 is 40% complete

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Dubai Water Canal Project:  Phase 1 is 40% complete.  Completion rate in Phase I of the Dubai Water Canal project has hit 40%. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv

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00:00Completion rate has hit 40% in Phase 1 of the Dubai Water Canal project, with works

00:15including excavation and casting of concrete piles for the construction of a bridge on

00:20Sheikh Zayed Road that will cross over the canal waterway.

00:24Phase 1 of the project also includes construction of service roads in the Business Bay area

00:29and the shifting of existing utility lines impacted by the canal course.

00:35Phase 2, currently over 25% complete, will include the construction of bridges on Al

00:40Wasl and Jumeirah Roads over the Dubai Water Canal at a height of 8.5 metres, allowing

00:46yachts to pass underneath.

00:49Completion rate for Phase 3 has so far exceeded 15%, with work currently underway to complete

00:54the protection of utility lines and the shifting of sewage lines on both sides of the canal

01:00Phase 3 will also include digging the water canal, building the canal sides and constructing

01:05three pedestrian bridges linking the two sides of the canal.

01:08When complete, the Dubai Water Canal project will have created a 3-kilometre-long waterway

01:13connecting the Business Bay Canal with the Arabian Gulf.

01:17Jay Lenton for Gulf News.

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