Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Construction Cranes





The amount of construction in Jeddah is mind boggling.  The frenzied pace has only increased in the past five years since I've been living here.  Many major roads are under construction because of short-sighted planning which didn't take into account the city's population explosion and growing pains that Jeddah has experienced in the past several decades.  Of course, adding to the population are the millions of foreign male drivers brought into the country to drive around the half of the population crippled by the ban on women driving.  But don't get me started on that topic... 

2 comments:

Jerry Mc Kenna said...

Nice shot. I hope those cranes are setup safely.

Susie of Arabia said...

Hi Jerry - They are literally everywhere here in Jeddah, by the dozens. I've never seen so much construction!