BAHRAIN is to build its first public roof garden at a cost of more than BD1 million ($2.65 million). The garden, covering an area of 2,000 sq m, is to be built atop a public car-park near the Al Hala Club in Muharraq, according to Ghazi Al Murbatti, representative of the area on the Muharraq Municipal Council.

The construction of the facility is expected to cost BD500,000 ($1.32 million) and as land has to be bought from its present owner, the sons of Abdulrahman Khalil Al Moayyed, acquisition costs will be another BD500,000, he added.

The building will house a car-park on the ground floor and a garden on top of the roof. In addition, the park will also have play areas for children and a cafeteria or coffee shop. Work is expected to start by the end of 2012 and the garden opened towards the end of 2013.