Meraas To Award Pearl Jumeirah Contracts

Meraas Development, a member of the Dubai government-owned Meraas Holding, is set to award infrastructure contracts for the Pearl Jumeirah island development project as early as December, Gulf News has reported. "We've issued contracts for the reclamation work and the usual activities associated with island development like hydraulic studies, environmental studies and coastal protection," Meraas chief business development officer Sina Al Kazim told the daily. Future contracts include the building of roads and other infrastructure and the power sub-station, he added. Pearl Jumeirah, earlier labelled East Bay, is a component of the Jumeirah Gardens master development that Meraas unveiled in 2008 and later modified.