Street Paving Project in Old Jeddah (1 Jan 2009 Jahr – 1 Jan 2012 Jahr)

Beschreibung:

The re-paving of large sectors of the old city with suitable and modular blocks laid on a sand bed has been carried out under the supervision of Historic Jeddah Municipality since 2009. The new pavement has a simple and elegant design
with decorations and partitions inspired by Islamic traditonal patterns. The project has focused on the main axes that have been selected a priority paths for the tourist corridor revitalization. The re-paving initially concerned the North-South axis, the East-West axis of souk al-`Alawi and the north-south axis of souk an-Nada in the buffer zone and has been compelted in 18 months
In the period 2010/2011, the axis of al-`Alawi souk and the north-south spine have been completed for a total sum of about 20 million Riyals (some 5.3 million US $). In the same period, also Souk al-Nada pavement, in the
buffer zone, has been entirely replaced for another 7.5 million riyals (about 2 million US $).

Source: UNESCO nomination document, SCTA