While a number of new neighborhoods northwest of Jeddah are described as luxurious neighborhoods due to their proximity to the sea and high housing prices, residents of a number of these neighborhoods complain about the lack of asphalt services, lighting, and the presence of stagnant water in some locations.
In the far north of Jeddah, there is a group of neighborhoods, most of which consist of modern villas inhabited by many people, who are looking forward to concentrating municipal services in the north of Jeddah, in line with the urban renaissance of those neighborhoods.
Muhammad Bayoumi (resident of the Obhur neighborhood) summarizes the suffering of the people by saying: “Of course, I am talking here about one of the neighborhoods of the Bride of the Red Sea, Jeddah, which is the Northern Obhur neighborhood, which is located in the northern part of Jeddah and has a distinguished strategic location, and includes a number of neighborhoods north of Jeddah. The luxurious and new ones, including the neighborhoods of Al Shiraa, Al Yaqoot, and Al Lulu’, in addition to the Al Amwaj neighborhood, where all these neighborhoods are located on the northern end of the neighborhood. The neighborhood and Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Street, which permeates the neighborhood and represents a link with its neighboring neighborhoods through its connection with King Saud Road. The street carries a large number of cars daily, and it is considered one of the main entrances to the neighborhood. Even if the Municipality justifies the existence of prospective projects for water, rainwater drainage, etc., temporary asphalting will greatly reduce the suffering of passers-by, in addition to suctioning water from the lands located in the Sapphire 1 neighborhood, and the lands extending around Prince Nayef Road, where more than two months have passed since the beginning of the rains, and the gathering of rain in them still constitutes the situation of lakes, in which mosquitoes gather and pose a threat to the health of the population and the people.
He added, "Among the needs is the lighting of idle poles, including Prince Abdul Majeed Road, and a large number of internal streets in the neighborhoods, as well as the importance of addressing the installation of lighting poles for streets that do not have lighting, including the Sapphire 4 neighborhood."
Ahmed Al-Saleh and Ibtisam Ibrahim stated that the people and residents of the neighborhood are looking forward to the interest of the municipality concerned with those neighborhoods in afforestation and reviewing the neighborhood's gardens for the people.
Mohsen Hassan mentioned that the urgent need is currently summed up in paving the internal streets at the current stage, in addition to asphalting and lighting.
Adnan Shabrawi (Jeddah) @Adnanshabrawi