Palm Jumeirah

Palm Jumeirah

The Palm Jumeirah is an artificial archipelago in United Arab Emirates

created using land reclamation by Nakheel called the Palm Islands  (Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira)

extends into the Persian Gulf, increasing Dubai’s shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi).

It is located on the Jumeirah coastal area of the emirate of Dubai,

in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Transportation

Jumeirah Monorail is a 5.4-kilometre-long (3.4 mi) monorail connecting the Atlantis Hotel to the Gateway Towers at the foot of the island

opened on 6 May 2009. located on the Palm. The monorail connects the Jumeirah to the mainland

with a planned further extension to the Red Line of the Dubai Metro.

The line opened on 30 April 2009. It is the first monorail in the Middle East.

Construction began with the Jumeirah island in June 2001 and the developers announced handover of the first residential units in 2006.

In early October 2007, the Palm Jumeirah had already become the world’s largest artificial island.[6] Also at this time, 75% of the properties were ready to hand over, with 500 families already residing on the island.[6] By the end of 2009, 28 hotels were opened on the Crescent.[6]

The complexities of the construction were blamed, in part, for the extended delays to the completion of the project, the date of which was pushed back multiple times and was nearly two years late.