Umbhoshongo omude kakhulu wase-Dubai owenziwe ekupheleni konyaka

Iphrojekthi evelele kakhulu yase-Dubai, isakhiwo eside kunazo zonke emhlabeni okulindeleke ukuthi sibeke i-Dubai futhi njengendawo yokungcebeleka yomhlaba wonke kanye nezivakashi yiBurj Dubai. Ungumbhoshongo omude kunayo yonke emhlabeni okuhlelwe ukuthi uqedwe kulo Disemba.

Imibiko yangaphambilini ibixhumanise isakhiwo esikhulu nokuvulwa okuthambile ngoSepthemba ukuze kuhambisane nokuqala ukusebenza kweDubai Metro. Iphephandaba lansuku zonke le-UAE, i-The National, lithe umkhulumeli wabathuthukisi ukuqinisekisile, nokho, ukuthi umbhoshongo omkhulu ngeke uvulwe kuze kube uDisemba 2009 njengamanye amaphrojekthi abambezelekile edolobheni ngenxa yokuwohloka komnotho.

Eduze neDolobha Elidala elidumile, idolobha laseBurj Dubai lakhiwe onqenqemeni lweChibi laseBurj Dubai, kwakha inhlanganisela evumelanayo yesikhathi esidlule nesamanje. Idolobha elidala linezindawo zokuhlala nezokudayisa izivakashi ezithanda ukuzivakashela ngenxa yesakhiwo sendabuko sama-Arabhu kanye nesici somklamo wendawo. Ihlanganisa imizila emazombezombe kanye nezindlela zokuhamba ezinomthunzi ezingathakazelelwa ezindabeni eziphezulu phezulu eBurj Dubai. Kusukela endaweni evelele yeDolobha Elidala, umuntu ubona indlela i-Dubai eyavela ngayo kanye nokuthuthuka okuqhubekayo. Ukugqama kwe-landscape kunikeza ama-vistas we-pearl diving yangaphambilini kanye ne-merchant Gulf state ephuma embusweni engowayo, enezindawo eziphakeme ezibhoboza isibhakabhaka phakathi kwama-mosque azacile adlula phezulu.

Umbhoshongo utholakala endaweni ekahle phakathi nebanga elifushane lawo wonke amabhizinisi amakhulu nezikhungo zezezimali, izitolo ezinkulu kanye nezinye izinto ezikhangayo ezinkulu zezivakashi nezasendaweni. Amatimu angasoze abuna kanye nesiko lama-Arabia achaza ihhotela eligcina ubuhle bomlando wezwe nakuba libhekene nekusasa — isayithi elihamba phambili langemva kwesimanje ihhotela elikhulu emhlabeni eselizoba yiyo.

Eduze ne-giant Burj kukhona iDubai Mall kanye nenxanxathela yezitolo engasemanzini i-Souk Al Bahar ngaphakathi kwe-Old Town Island. Ukuze kuzuze abavakashi abathanda ulwandle, kukhona ukufinyelela okulula emabhishi anesihlabathi esimhlophe eJumeirah kanye nemigwaqo ephithizelayo yesiqhingi enamafulethi okuhlala angavamile, amahhovisi ezitolo, izitolo, amakhefi kanye nezindawo zokudlela kuvumela izivakashi isikhathi esengeziwe sokuphumuza. Kukhona futhi ukuhamba ngezikebhe ukusuka ezindaweni ezikhangayo ezinkulu zaseDowntown Burj Dubai, Burj Dubai ukuya emahhotela angomakhelwane kanye neDubai Mall lapho izivakashi zithola ukuyothenga okuvelele kohambo lwase-Dubai.

Inkampani esathuthuka i-Emaar ibilokhu inezindebe eziqinile ngaphezu kobude bokugcina beBurj Dubai, okucatshangwa ukuthi iphume phambili ngasekuqaleni konyaka ngo-818m, ngokusho kweNational. “I-spire isiphelile, okubonayo manje ukuphakama kwayo okuphezulu. Odabeni lokuqeda, ama-cranes ayasuswa, ukugqokwa sekuzokwenziwa. Ngikholwa wukuthi kuzoqedwa ngesikhathi,” kusho isikhulu sezezimali uZiad Makhzoumi.

I-Emaar kufanele ibhekane nezinkinga zezezimali (ezinye izinkinga ezinzima zemalimboleko yokwakha), kodwa ibheke ngabomvu ukuthola ukuhlanganisa okukhulu kakhulu nabanye onjiniyela abakhulu eDolobheni Legolide ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuvulwa.