Prince Mansour bin Miteb bin Abdulaziz, minister of municipal and rural affairs, confirmed that the action plan of the Makkah municipality is on schedule. Around 23,000 employees of various secretariats and municipalities in addition to 27 service centers at the holy sites are working to implement the plan.

The minister inspected the new projects in the holy sites recently implemented by the Makkah municipality.

These projects include the construction of roads and bridges that will be used for the first time this Haj season.

During the visit he said the municipality is mobilized to offer the best services speedily to pilgrims, which reflects the Saudi government’s concern for them.

These preparations are in line with the directions and aspirations of the Higher Command, which aims to provide pilgrims with services that facilitate the Haj process.

He said the new facilities this Haj season, include a transit waste station in Arafat (Al-Maghmas road), comprising a reservoir with a capacity of 150 tons at a value of SR 2.25 million.

It also includes a project to reorganize and lay out electric cables on the main road next to Al-Masdar. This involves laying 25,000 linear meters of cables, and 20,000 linear meters of fossil voltage cables at a total value of SR5 million.

The project also involves developing pedestrian paths in the holy rites areas, with 1,000 chairs to ensure pedestrians’ comfort, 100 waste baskets, 50 light poles, 5,500 meters of grass sidewalks, 200 sign posts, 100 concrete barriers, and 100 sunshades.

He said the total cost of this project was SR1.5 million. Street lighting on the road that links Al-Sail with Arafat (Al-Maghmas), a length of 13 kilometers and the establishment of 323 poles with 646 light bulbs were valued at SR3.5 million.