Changing the capital city

[salman515]

UPDA General Manager Announced in alwatan newspaper that they might change the capital leave u with the news >>

لم يستبعد المهندس علي عبدالله العبدالله مدير عام الهيئة العامة للتخطيط والتطوير العمراني اختيار عاصمة جديدة غير الدوحة في حال اثبتت الدراسات العمرانية ان تكلفة التطوير العمراني للعاصمة تفوق تكلفة بناء عاصمة جديدة موضحا ان هذه الفكرة مطروحة الآن ضمن افكار أخرى كثيرة تجرى دراستها من قبل ثماني شركات عالمية يفترض ان تقدم خططها العمرانية للهيئة بحلول شهر ابريل المقبل وسيتم اختيار شركتين أو ثلاث من بين الشركات المتنافسة على تقديم خطة عمرانية متكاملة ليتم البدء في عمل التصاميم الرئيسية للبدء في التنفيذ‚واستعرض المهندس العبدالله في لقاء مفتوح نظمته غرفة تجارة وصناعة قطر أمس بمقرها وحضره جمع غفير من رجال الأعمال والمهتمين بالمشاريع المستقبلية دراسات التطوير التي تقوم بها الهيئة في مرحلتين الأولى تشمل دراسة لمدينة الدوحة والثانية تتعلق بخطة عمرانية شاملة للدولة وعلى ضوء هذه الخطط يتسنى رسم وبلورة سياسات التنمية الحضرية المستقبلية لكافة البلديات والمدن والتجمعات العمرانية الرئيسية بالدولة من جهة واعداد مخططات تنفيذية لمناطق العمل ذات الأولوية في التنمية والتطوير خاصة لتلك المناطق التي تعاني من مشاكل عمرانية اجتماعية واقتصادية وبيئية‚

وقال مدير عام الهيئة العامة للتخطيط والتطوير العمراني ان العمل جار الآن لمسح المناطق خارج اقليم الدوحة عمرانيا للوقوف على المستجدات في ظل الطفرة العمرانية التي تشهدها الدولة حاليا لسد حاجة المناطق من التوسعات‚ كما نقوم حاليا بعمل الإجراءات اللازمة لتطوير لوائح البناء وذلك من خلال ورقة سيتم طرحها لأحد بيوت الخبرة العالمية‚

واشار إلى ان الهيئة بدأت في اعداد تخطيط لبعض مناطق الدوحة مثل الغانم القديم‚ المنتزه‚ الدوحة الجديدة وريثما تنتهى الدراسات سيتم الاعلان عن كافة المناطق الخاضعة للتطوير كما تم طرح مناقصة خاصة بدراسة الشبكة العامة للنقل والتي بموجبها تحدد التوجه العام للدولة فيما يتعلق بالبنية التحتية للثلاثة عقود أو الاربعة عقود القادمة وذلك من خلال التعاقد مع احد بيوت الخبرة العالمية‚

وكشف عن ان الهيئة قامت بتعيين احد بيوت الخبرة العالمية في اليابان لايجاء حلول سريعة للمشاكل التي تعاني منها منطقة الابراج وتتمثل في معوقات حركة السير وشح في مواقف السيارات بالاضافة إلى ايجاد حلول طويلة المدى ومن المقرر ان ينتهي المشروع خلال شهر مايو‚

وأكد المهندس العبد الله ان الطفرة العمرانية في قطر لا تزال في بدايتها وستشهد مزيدا من الانتعاش والاستمرار في ظل رعاية حضرة صاحب السمو أمير البلاد المفدى وسمو ولي عهده الأمين حفظهما الله بحيث ستصبح قطر محط انظار العالم من الناحية الاقتصادية والعمرانية والصناعية حيث تشهد البلاد الكثير من المشاريع الكبيرة سواء كانت في قطاع الصناعة‚ والبنية التحتية أو الترفيهية والعمرانية وكافة المجالات الأخرى‚ مشيرا إلى أن التركيز ينصب حاليا على مشاريع البنية التحتية بالاضافة إلى مساهمة الدولة في التوسع العمراني في المناطق الخارجية والمناطق السياحية‚

[Halawala]

Cool, my father was just talking about it.. but i dont think it is such a good idea since Doha is currently undergoing tremendous growth.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

yeah, i agree with u. doha should remain the capital, and after the asian games are over, we should start a serious make-over of the city.

[Qatar4Ever]

the guys is talking out of his hehe..


i know all about the plan..ive seen some.. amazing.. basically its a remake of the whole doha city... the idea is that from c-ring inwards they will turn it into a downtown area... and the remaining will be residantial or something like that.

[buildqatar]

anyone can translate it to english plz..............

[dave550]

A remake of the city of Doha sounds very exciting. But making a new city for the capital sounds scary. If it happens, then what's gonna happen to Doha! Become a ghost city like Detroit?

[Halawala]

^^ well its not going to be nice, i like Doha. Plus Doha is not THAT huge either. you can always build north near the Ritz and make "a new capital" or perhaps make Lusail the new capital (my prediction)... WHO KNOWS??

[buildqatar]

what do you mean by changing Capital ...........its not possible !!!!!
Doha is great a europe style downtown and another downtown westbay and lusail....... Doha is best

[wakrah-wi-bas]

in today's newspapers, a press release from the urban planing authority, says that the general manager's statement regarding changing the capital, was mis-quoted by the press (as usual).

now, apparently, we're in qatar are good in taking our words back & blame it on the media. doesn't that remind you of the director of traffic departement, when he said that one of the causes of accidents in qatar is bad women drivers, and he took his words back just the next day, claiming the he was mis-quoted by the media?

[Qatar4Ever]

Qatar ya qatar.. what do u expect...

[Halawala]

Well, I heard while ago that Al-Rayyan was considered to be the new capital. the Emir is already building an Emiri Diwan there, but is it feasible since the infrastructure is not that good there. What do you guys think? Should they move the capital or keep it where it is?

[wakrah-wi-bas]

doha.. today, tomorow & forever!

[wakrah-wi-bas]

Well, I heard while ago that Al-Rayyan was considered to be the new capital. the Emir is already building an Emiri Diwan there, but is it feasible since the infrastructure is not that good there. What do you guys think? Should they move the capital or keep it where it is?

i think the emiri diwan u'r refering to as being built in rayyan is the private diwan " diwan almusa3dat/alkhas", probably instead of the current one in rayyan road, which i think will be demolished to make way for the rayyan road expansion plan.

besides, who needs "musa3adat" anymore? albarkah fi alboursah :)

[dave550]

El Rayyan! oh god forbid

[Halawala]

besides, who needs "musa3adat" anymore? albarkah fi alboursah :)

lol dude, have you seen the borsah lately??? if you haven't you dont want to know!!! :bash:

[wakrah-wi-bas]

aaaaakh! asehm "naqilat" wi "sena3at" 6a7et fi jabdi!!!

[dave550]

^^Really, I though these were among the best companies to invest in!!

[Qatar4Ever]

dave walla mosh 3aysh eb denyanaa kilish..


ow ba3den ta3el i rayan il captial of qatar... what u been smoking bro.. no freakin way.....

[dave550]

La tloomni. I have not been home for a very long time:(

[Halawala]

some people even had heart attacks because of the crash of the market. But it is somewhat gaining a little but mostly il soog damir.

[margog]

all the gulf markts had crashd lots of kuwaiti envesters had heart attaks last week I saw a guy down the Borsa St. holding a coce can acting like he speeking in a mobile and he was sayn (( BEE3 BEE3 )).

[Qatar4Ever]

I dont wanna laugh. But that is just halirous.

[margog]

ya we shold say al7mdellah 3la kel 7al
this guy envest in 450000 KD for eche (saham) around 2.300 KD aftar the crash the saham becum ,430 fils.

[dave550]

^^^Holy moly. Are you serious

[B-Patriot]

I was going to suggest that u build a 'New Doha' on the west coast, closer to Bahrain and the new causeway that will link us :) But i see it was just a mis-quote

[wakrah-wi-bas]

speaking of the link, khalid albu3aneen, a bahraini member of the municipal council, said in akhbar alkhaleej newspaper last saturday, that the foundation stone for the link between qatar & bahrain, will be laid begining of '07.
they're now waiting for the exact date to be anouncecd during the next joint meeting of the crown princes of both countries.

let's wait, ish wrana!

[dave550]

I don't wanna wait. I wanna be able to go to Bahrain directly from Qatar.

[margog]

can we build a causeway that will link kuwait to qatar and bahrain :)

[Halawala]

^^^sure but it would take forever!

[margog]

lol

[wakrah-wi-bas]

I don't wanna wait. I wanna be able to go to Bahrain directly from Qatar.
wal! masarat hathi albahrain, hathi wlayat texas!!!!!!!!!!!

[margog]

lesh al bahrain '7osh dera bas s'3era
3la fekra ana ma re7t el bahrain bas qatar elly men el (( GCC )) :)

[dave550]

bahrain is nice, but I hate crossing e7em the borders

[Qatar4Ever]

yeah u know how the u7m u7m love us so much that they welcome us with open hands.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

now the u7m u7m have their own internal problems, allah y76 7elhim ma binhem.

[dave550]

Allah yesame7hum o ye9le7hum, inshalla

[margog]

we sufer the same thing from u7m u7m :)

[Halawala]

Who doesnt??^^

[margog]

:rofl::rofl:

[shayan]

capital change will be the best thing ever for Qatar if Qatar wants all over development and not only in doha. The best thing would be like holland. Amsterdam is the tourism center, The Hague is the Governmental center with the international court and the government and stuff and Utrecht and Rotterdam are business centers. Spread your resources!

[dave550]

Yeah but we are a very small country. They have always been warned not to expan horizontally but vertically

[Qatar4Ever]

Doha is enough for all of qatar.

[Halawala]

I think they should expand and make everything farther apart. Its too crowded in Doha.

[shayan]

start with horizontal and then expand vertical

[Halawala]

expand diognaly.. ha ha

[shayan]

haha yeah thats the best idea ive heard till now!

[dave550]

I think they should expand and make everything farther apart. Its too crowded in Doha.
Only until the road projects are done

[Qatar4Ever]

Well this is why they are rebuilding the poor infrastructures of outer cities, espically alkhor and alwakra. By building better schools, hospitals, roads and other facilities people will slowly move out of doha and into the smaller cities of Qatar. This will allow doha to catch a breath.

Besides I hardly doubt anyone wants to live in doha any more. Seriously if you get the chance to build a house would you want to build it in doha. Us for one have moved out completely from doha and to um abriyah around um sallal area. Nothing but stray goats and camels !!

[Halawala]

Well this is why they are rebuilding the poor infrastructures of outer cities, espically alkhor and alwakra. By building better schools, hospitals, roads and other facilities people will slowly move out of doha and into the smaller cities of Qatar. This will allow doha to catch a breath.

Besides I hardly doubt anyone wants to live in doha any more. Seriously if you get the chance to build a house would you want to build it in doha. Us for one have moved out completely from doha and to um abriyah around um sallal area. Nothing but stray goats and camels !!


You're absolutely correct. But as for me, personally, I am a city kind of guy. By the way, Losail and all the development are considered outside of Doha. Losail is actually close to the Umm Slal and Um abriyah area just on the other side of the North Road highway and a further down. However, there are no access roads to each areas, which makes it seem far--but in reality they are close.