The Graeter Amman Municipality (GAM) this week announced the land plans of its strategy for high-rise buildings in the capital after they were endorsed by local committees.
“GAM received 160 comments and objections from land owners and investors in connection with strategy,” GAM’s mater plan director Eng. Samir Sobhi said.
The municipality took the proposals of the local community and investors into consideration, and amended its plans accordingly, Sobhi added.
“ we satisfied the minimum requirements and, at the same time, preserved the credibility of the Amman Master Plan with regard to the high-rises,” he added.
The city’s vision includes preserving heritage sites and districts, maintaining green areas and creating spaces for pedestrians.
The plan also focuses on road capacity and available infrastructure, he said, adding that GAM took into consideration the overall view of the city, as well as its main streets and urban harmony, when preparing the master paln.
The municipality said citizens who want to obtain a copy of the land plan of the area designated for high-rises in the capital, should refer to the local committees.
In February this year, Amman Mayor Eng. Omar Maani announced the first phase of the Amman Master Plan – a response to the tremendous growth the capital has witnessed over the past several years.
The high-rises will be located in four areas: Abdali, Abdoun, Jubeiha and the airport road.
The plan is expected to add some 260 towers blocks to the capital’s skyline, taking up 4,000-dunums of land, and catering for the growth of the city over the next 25 years.
In May last year, His Majesty King Abdullah entrusted GAM with drawing up a “serious and comprehensive” project of city planning for the capital – serving as a template to be replicated in other cities.
The King said the leading challenge would be to strike a balance that encourages growth, development and modernization, while at the same time ensuring the preservation of the capital’s aesthetic qualities and charm.
Meanwhile, the Municipality this week announced that it completed numbering buildings on several roads in the capital, including the King Abdullah, Queen Rania, Queen Alia, Salem Qdah, Wasfi Tal, Arar, Shareef Nasir Ben Jamil, Islamic Scientific College, Zahran and Ibn Khaldoun atreets.
The project includes commercial buildings, housing offices and showrooms, according to Eng. Marwan Ilayan, head of the naming and numbering department in GAM.
The second phase will covers the Sweifieh district, and Khaled Ben Al Waleed and Shaheed streets, Ilayan said, noting that the third phase will include Talal, Hashmi and Qureish streets in downtown Amman.
The project is in line with GAM’s decision to remove the clutter of billboards covering buildings facades in the capital.
The municipality said the new address system would make it easier to find buildings and there would be no need for the signs.