Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada) revealed that it has finished almost 64% of Al Ghuwaifat Border Post Rehabilitation project in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Police, Manafth, and the General Authority of Ports, Border and Free Zones Security and other relevant strategic stakeholders.
Spread over an area of 350,000 square metres, the project, whose total cost amounted to AED 149.7 million ($40.76 million), is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2019.
Al Ghuwaifat Border Post, which connects the UAE to Saudi Arabia, is expected to boost the movement of passengers and improve the capacity of the border post, in addition to driving investment and development in the area of trade and tourism.
The project involves rehabilitation of food, water and sewerage networks, security and surveillance systems, external boundary walls, waiting areas, gardens and associated external works including landscape works.