AMMAN —
Greater Irbid Municipality (GIM) Mayor Nabel Al-Kofahi said the city’s system of billboard fees is unfair,
according to Alsaa.net.
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Kofahi asserted during a meeting with investors and traders that the
municipality continues to work with the relevant authorities to substantially
modify the system that threatens the interests of both traders and the
municipality.
There is also a visual distortion of the city’s aesthetic background, as
there are some traders, enterprises, and shops that remove billboards, or cover
them with black paint, he told the meeting.
Kofahi said the current system fails to distinguish between billboards of
a traditional shop on a side street, with those in a bustling shopping district
in more lavish areas. He called for a review of the entire billboard licensing
fees due to its high cost.
The new building system in cities and villages, although many of its items
have been amended, still needs other modifications that balance the specific
activity with the interest of other parties, especially with regard to the
processing of battered pieces of lands purchased for housing and commercial
investment, Kofahi said.
He emphasized the new openness, inclusivity, transparency and social
responsibility as well as citizens’ confidence in the municipal work is the
basis for progress and development in all the services provided by the
municipality.
On Saturday, Kofahi announced ambitious plans for setting up the Irbid
Boulevard project, which envisions five to seven towers, saying it may be
presented by the end of this year.
The project will be built on a 27-dunum area, and will likely include a
large business center, similar to the King Hussein Business Park in Amman.
GIM believes the project will be a prominent architectural landmark that
will bring together the largest number of businesses, especially related to
technology, and will provide thousands of job opportunities and revenues.
Last
week, Kofahi chaired a meeting of the Irbid Municipality’s Higher Council for
Investment, which approved five major projects in different sectors in the
governorate. The projects include a train, mall, hotel, solar farm, and a central market for fruit and
vegetables.
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