Delivering Furjan Parks across Qatar

The Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar has announced the start of implementation of several projects to build public parks within residential neighbourhoods across Qatar.

The Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar has announced the start of implementation of several projects to build public parks within residential neighbourhoods across Qatar, in co-operation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME). Eng. Amna al-Bader, Secretary of the Committee, clarified that the design and implementfation of neighbourhoods parks, which is named Al Furjan Parks, comes within our Strategic Plan that aims to humanise cities and change a car-centric culture to a pedestrian and cyclist-friendly culture. The Committee’s plan also aims to create recreational spaces and plazas that contribute to encouraging families to lead a healthy lifestyle and practice sports from nearby enjoyable destinations just outside their closed doors. Thus, the Supervisory Committee of Beautification of Roads and Public Places in Qatar is working in cooperation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, on the design and implementation of large green spaces such as central parks that serve tourists and visitors across the country. The strategic plan also include implementing small green spaces such as Al Furjan Parks that serve residents of specific neighbourhoods, in addition to creating green plazas implemented in various locations to help protect the environment. Regarding Al Furjan Parks projects, Eng. Amna confirmed that it is planned to deliver a park for every area across Qatar, to be a breather for many residential neighborhoods in Qatar. The parks are designed to be close to homes, easily reachable by pedetsrinas or cyclists, which encourage the people of the area to visit them regularly and spend quality time in a healthy and safe environment, which enhances social gathering and communication. Eng. Amna al-Bader also added that increasing green areas within cities contributes to enhanced sustainability of environmental development in line with the fourth pillar of Qatar National Vision 2030, which aims to manage the environment in a way that ensures harmony and consistency between economic and social development and environmental protection, and to achieve the required balance between them.