Ammon News -

Prime Minister, Bisher Khasawneh, on Satuurday participated in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), celebration of the Amman City Day in Dubai, which was held within the "Dubai 2020 Expo", with the aim of showcasing GAM's policies, strategies and plans, as well as its achievements and future visions through projects that serve the city's needs, citizens, residents and investors.

Amman Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh gave a presentation on main themes that GAM worked on within the projects of electronic transformation, public transport, investment and the development of the legislative system, in all GAM's sectors.

During the event, attended by representatives of authorities, embassies and consulates of Arab and foreign countries, representatives of pavilions, companies and sectors specialized in the fields of smart cities, IT, transportation and investment, Shawarbeh indicated that GAM has investable assets of up to JD1 billion out of JD2.4 billion, which represents the value of the GAM's assets.

He indicated that GAM has established an investment arm represented by the Amman Vision Investment and Development (AVID) company with the aim of enhancing revenues away from fees and taxes, and being a partner in economic development with needed projects by the city, the citizen and the investor.

Shawarbeh said that AVID projects vary between projects that have been economically feasible, others that are under ideation, and projects that are left to the investor to develop in a way that achieves the desired investment activity in the city.

He pointed out that GAM worked on several legislative themes to build a system that enables it to perform its tasks, most notably GAM Law No. (18) of 2021, which includes strategies for all GAM sectors, and the launch of a unified inspection system for economic establishments.

Shawarbeh talked about the electronic transformation project, which is the infrastructure for transforming Amman into a smart city, and about GAM’s achievements in developing and raising the efficiency of the public transport system by deploying buses that operate within specific routes and frequencies served by passenger stations and a tracking and monitoring system, in addition to the works accomplished by GAM for the infrastructure of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), where the first track has been operational, and the second track will be operational early next year.

He underlined that the cleanliness of Amman is one of GAM's permanent tasks, which works to employ solid waste management through the project of converting waste into liquefied gas and converting it into energy, whereby a financial saving of 45 percent on GAM's electricity bill is achieved.

As part of the celebration, the 13th of November was designated a day for the city of Amman in Dubai. It included a presentation of GAM policies, strategies and plans within the framework of future visions in themes: Towards Amman, a smart city and the public transport system, in addition to investment opportunities in the city of Amman.

AVID- the investment arm and main developer of GAM's assets and licenses- showcased part of its investment opportunities, represented by 9 investment opportunities with a total amount of $250 million, distributed in various locations in Amman, with a total area of more than one million square meters.

These investment opportunities include, according to AVID CEO Hamza Al Haj Hassan, the Automobile City project and other projects covering commercial, multi-use, recreational tourism and hotels.

GAM official also presented a number of projects GAM has implemented and other under development that cover various sectors in Amman.

On the Jordan National Day, which was held in Dubai 2020 Expo, and on the city of Amman in Dubai, GAM band preformed Jordanian folklore songs that reflect the love of the homeland, the King and the Crown Prince.

On Friday and Saturday evening, in celebration of the Jordan National Day and the Amman City Day in Dubai, which is held as part of the Dubai 2020 Expo, GAM lit its main building, the Citadel, the Roman Amphitheater and the Abdoun Bridge.