Project Overview
The canal, which is expected to be completed in 2012, will require the excavation of 1.1 billion cubic meters of soil. The canal itself will cost $11 billion, which will snake from Dubai Waterfront in Jebel Ali and pass to the east of the Dubai World Central development before turning back towards the Palm Jumeirah. $50 billion will be spent to construct a new "city" within the city, which will take 20,000 hectares of land in the south bank of the channel. The Arabian canal will be 150 metres wide and six metres deep, enough to accommodate yachts up to 40 metres long.
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