Madinat Salman To Get 432 Flats And 137 Houses

TDT | Manama

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Madinat Salman will get 432 flats and 137 houses under housing schemes reviewed by the Northern Municipal Council, as councillors also pressed the Works Ministry on roads, drains, car parks and other long-running service requests.

Bassim Abu Idrees, municipal councillor for the second constituency in the Northern Governorate, said a team from the Housing and Urban Planning Ministry gave the council the latest on housing schemes under way in Madinat Salman during its 19th ordinary meeting.

The second phase of the apartment scheme will include 432 flats for ownership, he said. Three house-building schemes will add a further 137 homes.

Ministry staff told the council the homes would be priced to match housing finance schemes, giving eligible citizens a way to buy under the rules in force.

Mr Abu Idrees said the schemes would give Bahraini families a wider choice of homes and help meet demand in Madinat Salman, one of the kingdom’s growing towns.

He thanked Housing and Urban Planning Minister Amna bint Ahmed Al Romaihi and ministry staff for their work on the schemes, saying their follow-up helped citizens seeking suitable housing.

The council’s Services Committee also met Works Ministry representatives to go through requests and proposals linked to roads, drains and public services in the Northern Governorate.

The meeting dealt with older requests, their status, and how work was being ranked by need on the ground.

Among the matters raised were preliminary road paving with crushed material, rainwater drains, levelling dirt roads, new roundabouts, car parks, speed humps, pothole repairs, road upkeep and sewerage works.

Councillors also discussed ways to move requests through the system faster, so that work reaches residents in the areas that need it.

The committee said closer contact with the Works Ministry was needed to track service requests and check that work was being done on the ground.