His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday issued instructions to the government to accelerate efforts to build the King Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz Al Saud Residential City in Zarqa.

Works in the residential project, announced in June during a visit by Saudi King Abdullah Ben Abdul Aziz, will start in August.

“This is the largest residential project in the history of the Kingdom and I want it to be implemented as soon as possible and without any obstacles to reduce the cost of housing units for citizens,” King Abdullah said at a meeting with officials in charge of the mega housing scheme.

In a related development, the King tasked Prince Feisal with chairing a Royal committee to follow up on the implementation of the 70,000-unit housing project.

During the meeting, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit stressed that the government is committed to taking all necessary measures to reduce the cost of the housing units in response to the King's directives.

The Jordan Times