Al-Faisal met with the subcommittee overseeing the two projects. He urged them to speed up work to finish the projects before the next rainy season. Al-Faisal said the Jeddah municipality had already completed the acquisitions of 85 percent of lands and real estates located on or near the floodwater path in Al-Samer and Um Al-Khair districts.
The authority is waiting for the owners of the remaining 15 percent to come forward with relevant papers of land ownership so they can be compensated. The meeting also included a presentation covering the project's workflow as well as a review of the Jeddah municipality’s emergency projects to solve the problem of floodwater drainage in the area.
The meeting was attended by Jeddah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Majed, Jeddah Mayor Hani Abu Ras and Maj. Gen. Adel Zamzami, director general of Civil Defense in Makkah province.
