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Lakes (Al Buhirat) Park Project
Al-Ha’ir Lakes are considered a major part of the Al-Ha’ir Reserve, which covers an area of about 38 square kilometers. It is also the final outlet for the water drained from Wadi Hanifa and enjoys an environment rich in diversity of flora and wildlife, in addition to being one of the annual stops for migratory birds in the region.
Environmental rehabilitation
Environmental rehabilitation
The Lakes Park project is located at the end of the Wadi Hanifa catchment basin in the south, at approximately 32km from the city center of Riyadh. The first and second phases extends over an area of 13km.
The project is part of the environmental rehabilitation program for Wadi Hanifa and its tributary valleys and is part of efforts by RCRC to prepare the park for investment and improve accessibility for residents and visitors of the city of Riyadh, in addition to restoring its main role as a drain for the city’s flood waters.
The project included the refinement of torrential streams, the reorganization of lakes in the form of a natural lake with an area of 315,000m2, the construction of permanent water channels with a length of 14 km, in addition to the environmental treatment of each of the lakes and the Al-Ha’ir Dam basin by removing random vegetation and cleaning the bottom of Residues formed over the past decades.
Visitor facilities and features
Visitor facilities and features
The project works comprise the construction of a visitor center with an area of 4,000m2, a plaza of 20,000m2, two artificial islands in the lakes, and the construction of five bridges over water channels.
The project also includes the implementation of the Al-Ha’ir Lakes Park gate with 22 towers of a height of 20 meters, the planting of 7,310 trees throughout the site, re-coordinating service lines and public utilities, in addition to implementing a corridor parallel to the lake with a length of 2km, and local roads of 20km, 18km of aggregate paths for pedestrians, the deployment of 250 identification and indicative boards at the site, in addition to equipping the area with 246 resting areas for hikers, and parking lots for 2,014 cars, and the construction of 9 toilets.
The project supports the general rehabilitation of the area in line with the comprehensive plan for the development of Wadi Hanifa and the environmental rehabilitation plan for the lakes region.
