Blame game drowns the hope of lakes for JLT
Jumeirah Lakes Towers refers to four man-made lakes opposite Dubai Marina, and the clusters of towers built around this lake. At least, that is the idea.
The question that greets residents of the area every morning as they open their curtains to look for a promised (and paid for) view is: where are the lakes?
Instead, the area looks like a construction site, and most noticeable are the unfinished lakes - huge craters with a smattering of stagnant, sometimes putrid water.
The project originally started ten years ago, with one man-made lake and under the supervision of Al Nakheel Properties.
Eventually, Jumeirah Lakes Towers project became the child of Dubai Multi Commodities Centre Authority (DMCCA) and extended to the ‘dynamic waterfront master development’, as DMCCA labeled it.
A senior person involved with the project said, “We are responsible for the landscaping element, but at the same time a successful project needs good cooperation and coordination with sub-developers ".
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