Sheikh Hamdan just approved 18 billion Dirhams in massive new infrastructure projects. Dubai plans to build a gigantic 15-kilometre elevated highway. The Al Khail Street Development Plan promises to ease crushing traffic congestion. The government also wants to monitor the exploding population in real-time. They launched a massive new digital census to track 4.58 million residents.
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Officials praise this massive government spending as visionary economic leadership. The master plan targets wealthy investors and elite global trade networks. Meanwhile, the working class continues to suffer in endless, daily traffic jams. The state tracks every single resident to manage future urban sprawl. Dubai endlessly chases global prestige through massive concrete structures. The city expands relentlessly while the desert environment completely disappears.
Cities build massive monuments to hide their systemic flaws. Read the unvarnished urban truth at The WAU today.
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