Rehabilitation, Upgrading and Refurbishing of the South Entrance to Brummana from Grand Hills Village to the Municipality building. Work includes Roads, Two Round Abouts, Traffic signaling, surface water and wastewater drainage, Electrical MV and LV, Sidewalks, Concrete barriers with handrails, Planters as well as services diversion.
 

This project consists of legalizing this road which exists long ago, by making a decree and by widening it. This project is on going, and it will comprise all kind of networks, retaining walls and landscaping.
 

Rehabilitation of this unique and beautiful steep uphill connecting the Chahine Achkar Street to the Churches' Street: It was covered by anti-slipping natural stone pavers (Basalt) to enable the vehicles passing along without any difficulty. In addition, a stair was cast on both borders of that road enabling the pedestrians stepping easily along this path. Work included all kind of networks.

Rehabilitation of public cemeteries belonging to all communities such as Maronites, Orthodox, Greek Catholics, Protestants and Druze as well as rehabilitation of historical cemetery belonging to family Abillama and the ancient cemetery in front of Garden Hotel.
 

To reduce car accidents, the municipality has executed a round about between St. Jean center and the municipal playground. This work is on going and includes landscaping, street lighting, road marking and New Jersy concrete barriers.
 

o Analysis of the site and diagram rehabilitation directing
An analysis of the whole built framework and functions inside the district as well as the general orientations applying to the installation of public space and the rehabilitation of the buildings.

o Analysis of the elements composing the existing architectural language
A typology of these elements is established, from which the architectural elements intended to be restored for the buildings are dimensioned whose initial architectural style was deteriorated or modified.

o Design and illustration of the interventions on the buildings
They are the modifications having to be applied to the buildings whose rehabilitation is planned so as to ensure the coherence and the harmony of the buildings between-them, like with the whole of urban space: Re-qualification of the recent buildings, Rehabilitation of the buildings in traditional matter, Places and overall pictures and Treatment of the accesses of the buildings (low walls, paved...)

o Regulations of Rehabilitation
It comprises the particular directives relative to various works concerning the building frontage on street having to be rehabilitated or modified.
 

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To let the pedestrians feel the nature while walking, the municipality has carried out the work of the rehabilitation of the walkway at Hawiri of 400 m length inside the nature and beside a cliff of 20 m high having an impregnable view. The work includes storm water network, sewer network with pre-cast channels, paving tiles of different colors, rustic lighting with iron forges barrier for the security of the pedestrians walking beside the cliff in addition to the planters full of beautiful flowers.

The municipality of Brummana has carried out the rehabilitation and restoration of some streets in Brummana funded by the World Bank. The work includes roads, storm water network with culverts, retaining walls and road marking.

In 2005, the municipality will launch “Brummana – The Flower City”. This three-year initiative aims at promoting the finest Brummana has to offer: healthy environment, entertainment and nightlife, sports activities, education and family life. Thousands of flowerbeds will be planted at different entrances to the city and residents along the entire 6km-long main road will receive flowers to decorate their balconies.

The municipal council had approached the prestigious Center for Business Excellence - Office Of The Vice President For Regional External Programs at AUB, to conduct a pre-feasibility study for a unique concept of its kind in the Middle Eastern countries: Making Brummana a Hospitality City University, whereas the tourist institutions will act as laboratory for both the Lebanese and Arab students. Tourism and Hotel Management students from all over the region and the rest of the world are projected to be trained at first-class tourism establishments in Brummana, effectively making Brummana one large hospitality ‘university’.

To preserve the environment from pollution, the municipality has thought that the rehabilitation and the completion of the existing sewer network is a must but without forgetting to join the outlet of these sewer lines to a wastewater treatment plant. For this reason two primary treatment plants were designed. One in the west part of Brummana and the second in the east part. Concerning the sewer network and in view of the limited budget the construction of this network is carried out in phases, the municipality has executed sewer lines in different areas of Brummana on international standards and it continuing this work up to date.
 

For public security, the municipality has started to construct concrete barriers with handrails along major and interior roads. These concrete barriers has been designed and constructed to support the shocks of vehicles and to prevent pedestrians of falling where cliffs exist.

In winter season and especially in rain time and to prevent existing roads from slipping, the municipality has executed reinforced concrete retaining walls and gravity retaining walls composed of naturals stones of different dimensions. We have to mention that all facades of reinforced concrete retaining walls that are seen from the streets were covered by natural stones cladding to keep the beautiful view of the nature
 

To facilitate the links between roads and to shorten the distances for the pedestrians, the municipality has carried out the rehabilitation of existing public stairs and the construction of new ones of different widths.
 

Beside all the works stated above, the municipality has put a focus on landscaping work. Trees and flowers were planted all over Brummana in major and interior roads. Also planters for flowers were constructed in different areas of Broumana. We have to mention that all trees were chosen to produce flowers and to give a beautiful view of nature, for this reason Brummana is called THE FLOWER CITY.