King Abdullah Island
The project called ‘Prosperity Triplet’ (PT) consisting of King Abdullah’s Bridge, Passenger Port & Smart City, aims to make Dammam Metropolitan Area a development hub on the shore of the Arabian Gulf utilizing the unique development potentials of the region and reflecting its genius loci.
PT is the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia as an island in the Arabian Gulf to act as an international business, finance, transportation and IT hub.
Location
Dammam / Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Client
Tamleek Gulf Real Estate Co. (KSA)
Design
2007-2010
Planning Area
12.4 km²
Design Team:
Prof. Edgar Stach, Wolf Loebel, Joana Schwarz, Zhengwei Liu, Rui Zhao
In Association with - RhineScheme
King Abdullah Bridge, Passenger Port & Smart City, Dammam Metropolitan, Eastern Province, KSA
Three main project components:
King Abdullah’s Bridge:
It connects King Abdullah’s road in Dammam with Riyadh road in Tarut Island formulating a ring road around the built-up area. This will finally improves accessibility and connectivity between the different parts of the study area. It is planned to Extend this bridge to Ras Tanura in the second stage of the project.
King Abdullah’s Smart City and Financial & Business Center:
This is expected to enable DMA to become a major development Hub in the Arabian Gulf region. Also, these activities will facilitate achievement of economic diversification in the Eastern Province. It also includes residential area to provide housing for employees in all these activates.
King Abdullah’s Passenger Port:
To improve DMA connectivity with major urban centers on the Arabian Gulf and to meet the increasing travel volumes from DMA to these destinations.
Through its nature and the type and scale of the proposed activities, PT is a unique development project on both kingdom and
Arabian Gulf levels.
To achieve its objectives, PT aims to be a major IT hub and offshore R&D and financial centre in the area. Moreover, it includes two major infrastructure components:
King Abdullah’s Bridge (with 11 km length) will connect King Abdullah’s Road in Dammam with Riyadh Road on the adjacent Tarut Island, thus formulating a ring road around the built-up area. This measure will finally improve the accessibility and connectivity between the different parts of the study area. It is planned to extend this bridge for another 14 km to Ras Tanura in the second stage of the project.
King Abdullah’s Passenger Port will improve the connectivity of Dammam with major urban centres on the Arabian Gulf and act as a peer to Jeddah Port in the Western area of the Kingdom. It is planned for 1.5 million passengers per year in its first stage and to be connected to South-East Asia, mainly India and Pakistan, in the second stage.
