Dubai Municipality will undertake 200 initiatives to transform the lives of people in the city over the next two years.
60% of the projects will be undertaken in partnership with the private sector and include initiatives such as the beautification of Dubai and steps towards sustainability.
The Municipality is currently planting 500 trees in the city every day and planted 500,000 in the past three years.
Dubai Municipality projects
The 200 corporate transformation initiatives launched by the Municipality will be implemented in the 2023-2024 period and were approved by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council and Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the UAE.
Sheikh Hamdan said: “Dubai Municipality is not only responsible for providing basic services, but also for enhancing the wellbeing, satisfaction and happiness of all residents of Dubai. The Municipality’s corporate transformation is set to raise the quality of its projects, and we expect more in future.”
Sheikh Maktoum said, “Dubai is a cosmopolitan city and Mohammed bin Rashid’s goal is to make it the most beautiful and best in the world.
“The corporate transformation initiatives of Dubai Municipality are progressing well, and the Municipality’s role in leveraging development and forging partnerships with the private sector will consolidate Dubai’s global stature.”
Sheikh Hamdan and Sheikh Maktoum made these remarks during a visit to the Municipality, where they were briefed on the progress of several key initiatives and projects and strategic plans.
The activation of the Dubai Municipality is 80% complete, and 170 initiatives have been implemented as part of the 100-day plans of the executive directors.
The Municipality aims to increase the percentage of projects featuring private sector partnerships to 60% and achieve a 90% rate of customer happiness.
Dubai Municipality has made significant contributions to beautifying the emirate, by planting more than 500,000 trees in the emirate between 2020 and 2022, at a rate of 500 trees per day.
It also produced more than 136 million seedlings of plants and flowers in its nurseries between 2020 and 2022.
The 100 Year Project initiated by the Municipality, featuring the largest and longest sustainable rainwater tunnel, has made significant contributions to raising the emirate’s sustainability.
The Municipality’s efforts also resulted in achieving a soil quality index of 95.7%, an air quality index of 95.34%, and a water quality index of 94.4%.
Dubai Municipality’s efforts led to a 200% increase in land allocated to citizens’ residential areas in 2023.
It also developed a 50 km mountain bike track in the Mushrif National Park. The Municipality developed more than 70 residential parks, family squares, and sports grounds in citizens’ residential areas between 2020 and 2022, as part of its efforts to consolidate the city’s status as the world’s best city to live in.
The Municipality also completed more than 6 million inspection visits and laboratory examinations between 2020 and 2022 aimed at ensuring high levels of public health and safety and food safety.
Sheikh Hamdan and Sheikh Maktoum were briefed on the most important new initiatives that the Municipality plans to implement in the next phase, including the unified platform on the Municipality’s website that will outline all investment opportunities offered by the Municipality.
The platform offers the opportunity to submit a new idea or take advantage of an existing investment opportunity, get the idea or opportunity evaluated and approved, and manage contracts.
The new platform supports investors in making decisions by providing demographic and engineering information on areas in Dubai apart from offering exclusive opportunities for young people.
They were briefed on the Geospatial Digital Twin Project, a digital replica of the emirate in the form of 3D maps, containing extensive information related to facilities, assets, population, business, transportation and the environment.
By modelling city expansion and connecting all entities involved to coordinate their efforts and anticipate the future, the Project seeks to enhance the quality of life of residents.
The project supports the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan and makes significant contributions to shaping a bright future for the emirate.
The initiative also supports the Dubai Metaverse Strategy by providing a true 3D map of Dubai needed by Metaverse applications to offer reliable services.
Sheikh Hamdan and Sheikh Maktoum were also briefed on a project focused on converting biogas into energy being implemented by Dubai Municipality, with the aim of enhancing sustainability in the operation of infrastructure assets, and reducing energy consumption by 50% annually, supported by an advanced sewage system.
With network lines extending more than 3 million metres, the system includes 10 main pumping stations, 110 substations, and 56 rainwater pumping stations. The system also includes two wastewater treatment plants, the Warsan plant, with a capacity of 260,000 cubic meters per day, and the Jebel Ali plant, with a capacity of 675,000 cubic meters per day.
Dubai Municipality gave an update on the Dubai Beautification Agenda, which aims to adopt innovative projects and initiatives for landscaping the city and promoting the well-being of residents and visitors through landscaped streets, intersections, pedestrian walkways, residential areas, public squares and historical sites.
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