The Emir of Makkah region, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, has criticized delays in the progress of Jeddah's construction projects and mistakes in its bridge designs. He blasted the Jeddah Mayoralty for its poor performance in supervising projects. “This has led to not addressing these shortcomings and errors,” he said, according to an official source. The source told Okaz/Saudi Gazette that “the Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Prince Mansour Bin Mit'eb has directed a specialist committee to investigate the reasons that led to the errors detected by the Emir of Makkah region.” “The committee has started investigations with leading figures in Jeddah Mayoralty on the caving in of some streets, pot holes, damaged pavements, lateness of the mayoralty in carrying out maintenance.” The source said the “investigation also aims to determine the reasons for the mistakes in the design of the bridge project at the junction between King Fahd Road (Sitteen) and Palestine Road.” __
