He explained that the tender works, allocated for improving the reality of the roads and raising their efficiency within the old city at a cost of approximately (200) thousand dinars, include the rehabilitation of several streets and internal passages, in addition to scraping and repaving with hot mixture over a distance of (21) thousand meters, which was selected after engineering and technical inspection and evaluation, alongside raising the levels of water drainage manholes, which contributes to improving the reality of the infrastructure and raising the level of safety and traffic fluidity in the old city.
He pointed out that 95 percent of the other works related to the tender, which include rehabilitating and maintaining sidewalks and curbs, furnishing streets, maintaining decorative lighting units, and planting palm trees, have been completed.
He called on citizens and commercial shop owners to cooperate with municipal cadres and not to park vehicles in the streets and sites where paving works are taking place, which allows machinery and equipment to work without obstacles and contributes to completing the works with the required speed and efficiency.
On the other hand, the Chairman of the Committee explained that the tender for treating hotspots, funded by the Ministry of Local Administration at a cost of one and a half million dinars, has been divided into (3) tenders to ensure rapid completion and enable contractors to complete the required works before the winter season, pointing out that the tenders will soon be implemented in sequence according to the referral procedures.
In this context, Al-Manaseer pointed out that the Emergency and Operations Room at the Municipality, as part of the field preparations to deal with any expected rainfall, has started inspecting and cleaning rainwater drains and culverts in several areas by removing dirt, debris, and obstacles that may affect the fluidity of water drainage, in addition to monitoring points that may witness water accumulation, which enhances the readiness of the cadres and machinery to deal with any field observations and respond to reports received from citizens.
He explained that the Municipality continues to implement daily morning and evening field cleanliness campaigns according to the priorities of the needs of the areas under its jurisdiction, to take care of the streets, central islands, and green spaces, and to enhance the level of cleanliness and improve the urban appearance by pruning trees and removing violations, waste, and debris from the sides of the roads.
Regarding the Municipality's handling of the stray dog phenomenon, he confirmed the continuation of efforts to monitor this phenomenon and deal with reports received from citizens according to the available capabilities, explaining that the specialized cadres collect them and transport them to designated shelters away from residential areas, which contributes to reducing their presence in populated areas and preserving the safety of citizens, urging citizens to report any gatherings of stray dogs immediately and not to deal with them directly to avoid exposing themselves or others to danger.
