In 2020, the combined expertise of AEB,EY, OTIS and KEEP were recognized by the Ministry of Municipality and QE was signed a contract to build and operate Qatar’s first Automated Parking facility in Central Doha. The project plot is 5,121 sq.m. and total investment is QAR 180 million over 2 years for construction.
Compared to 120 vehicle slots of the current surface parking, the project will provide 600 parking spaces (2% EV CARS), in addition to commercial spaces. The project is located to serve the busy banks street in Asmakh area.
In addition to the pilot project, QE was proposed to study twelve more plots in Central Doha and thirteen plots in Westbay areas with a sum of more than185,000 sq.m
Considering the scale investment ,and MOM support, the advantages of having one integrated network are:
The Budget for the planned investment will be 6.5 billion Qatari riyal.
Apart from the existing project, the Initial estimate of private sector investment for these 24 plots is QAR 6.5b split between Central Doha and Westbay.
With a clear mission, QE and its partners started developing a future proof solution based on primary research conducted by EY. With a focus on both efficiency and sustainability, the automated parking solution, developed by AEB and OTIS, delivers on:
Upon surveying the 10 new plots, the following table summarizes the potential capacity of the extended network plots which quadruples the number of surface parking slots of the same footprint
