Al Sufouh park to use solar lighting

Dubai Municipality has finished work on the first neighbourhood park in Al Sufouh to use solar-powered lighting system. The project cost stands at about Dh7 million and the park is built on an area of 1.55 hectares.

"Special lighting elements were used, which exploited solar energy for night lighting in order to take advantage of alternative energy," said engineer Hussein Nasser Lootah, Director-General of Dubai Municipality.

"This is part of a comprehensive vision of the Dubai Municipality, which has started implementing methods to reduce consumption of electric power through the use of natural resources."

He said the General Project Department designed the park and its elements based on a study of the requirements of the residents. It also incorporated the safety factor and accessibility into the design as well as selected games that are also appropriate for people with special needs. He said the park is enriched with plant components of different seasonal flowers, trees and green spaces while the 500 metre jogging track can be used anytime by the residents as it is located on the outside perimeter of the park.

The Strategic Plan of DM aims to raise the per capita green area to 23.4 square meters and raise the proportion of cultivated land in urban public areas in Dubai to 3.15 per cent by the end of 2011.

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