Muscat – More than 40 development and partnership agreements were signed for the first phase of Sultan Haitham City project (2024-2030) in addition to a number of social housing and urban planning projects with strategic partners, at an investment value of over RO1bn, on Wednesday.

The signing ceremony was held at the Royal Opera House Muscat under the auspices of H H Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham al Said, Minister of Culture, Sports, and Youth.

The agreements relate to engineering consultancy services, real estate development, technical cooperation, and the delivery of new sites in Sultan Haitham City.

In addition, the pacts are for structural plans of other urban planning projects and the preparation of a detailed plan and engineering designs for the Al Khuwair Downtown project.

The first phase of Haitham City will see massive infrastructure development, including a sprawling central park, a national centre for women and children’s health, a reference hospital with 1,200 beds, a college of advanced technology for 1,500 students, youth and rehabilitation centres, a cultural centre, school complexes for 6,900 students, health centres, a mosque, and institutions for medical education and health sciences.