Globim to build Iraq’s first monorail
26 June 2010A $600 million contract to build Iraq’s first monorail has been awarded by the city of Najaf to TransGlobim International (Globim), a privately-owned Canadian consortium.
The project would be carried out in two phases. The first phase would involve the construction of 37km of monorail linking the three major Shi'ite mosques in Najaf - the Imam Ali, Kufa, and Sahla shrines - and also linking two main bus depots. The second phase will link the new Najaf airport. Anwar al-Haboobi, a member of the Najaf investment committee reportedly stated that the project will be only the second of its kind in the Middle East after Dubai. Expected to be completed in three years, the project will ease the transport crisis and the clogged streets in the province, especially during the blessed days of rituals.
