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Ongoing construction at Konza Technopolis.
cutting right through Phase I of the city development.
The university and technology tunnels are found south and north, respectively. Konza Smart City Engineers have planned for 20-60m-wide roads, encompassing access roads, bus lanes, walkways, bicycle lanes and plenty of trees and greens in between.
The Konza City streetscape facilities are currently under stocking and excavations, installations, preparations and compaction of the roads and manholes.
UTILITY TUNNEL
The future smart city features a 9km tunnel, running under the streetscapes. The tunnel is expected to domicile the city’s automatic waste collection system. Currently, ongoing works to bring the utility tunnel to life include excavations of main lines and crossings, screed casting, steel reinforcement placements and concrete pouring.
The drainage and water supply system for the smart city is about 170km, and is a critical framework for future irrigation and water reuse system inside the technopolis.
The automatic waste collection
system consists of a vacuum solid waste conveying system that runs 15km of pipes, four waste inlets for residential and commercial purposes, 124 connection points and a programmable logic controller system with four operation modes.
The Konza City water reclamation facility has already taken shape, with construction works in high gear.
LANDSCAPING AND PARKS
The Technopolis sits on approximately 1.5 million square metres, upon which will sit an
Konza City technopolis will accomodate approximately 250,000 residents upon completion, with Phase I set to take in pioneer 30,000 residents, about 17,000 anticipated to be the city’s labour force earning a living from opportunities within the smart city ecosystem.
estimated 10,000 trees, with 50 different plant and shrubs species, sorrounded by water storage and recreational ponds and more than 15km of cycling paths. The landscape also includes a green transit corridor, the city perimeter wall.
ELECTRICAL AND ICT CONDUITS
The Konza Technopolis National Data Centre has just recently been completed. Construction engineers workingonthesmarttechnopolisare mulling about a network of electricity supply of approximately 40km of power lines, with one main electrical station backing up 50 electrical substations.
Within the city, engineers are painstakingly laying out about 500km of ICT conduits, the framework that will become the backbone of the Konza City ICT and technology innovation hub.
PUBLIC AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Residents of the Konza Technopolis will enjoy a 2,500 square-metre solid waste handling facility, as well as a 7,000 square-metre police and fire stations with entrance and security features, preceded by a 7,000 square- metre welcome centre.
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