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The Sharjah Department of Public Works is carrying out the schemes valued at over AED834 million in the Eastern Region and exceeding AED386 million in the Central Region, according to figures released by the Sharjah Government Media Bureau on Wednesday. The programme covers new educational facilities, sports venues, administrative structures, visitor attractions and green spaces as part of efforts to upgrade infrastructure throughout the emirate. Education, tourism and community services form the core of the planned works that aim to improve living standards in areas beyond the main urban centre.
In the Eastern Region, Kalba accounts for the largest share at about AED618 million, the Sharjah Government Media Bureau data shows. Projects there include the completed second phase of Victoria International School valued at AED184 million, extensions to government buildings along the waterfront that together cost AED185 million and a sports complex at the University of Kalba priced at AED110 million. The complex features two semi-Olympic swimming pools, a football pitch and running track while the Kalba Club for the Disabled is 76 percent complete at a cost of AED77 million and the Rock Art Centre has reached 46 percent completion with a budget of AED38 million.
Khorfakkan has seen investment of approximately AED188 million within the Eastern Region allocation, according to the same bureau report. The second phase of Victoria International School there, finished and handed over, carried a price tag of AED140 million while a new nursery in the Al Luluyah neighbourhood has also been completed. Additional community developments in Dibba Al Hisn total just over AED29 million and encompass waterfront improvements and facilities at the Sharjah Ladies Club beach park.
Education dominates the Central Region programme where it absorbs AED312 million of the more than AED386 million total, the Sharjah Government Media Bureau stated. The Victoria International School in Al Dhaid represents the single largest outlay at AED184 million while the University of Al Dhaid is gaining a 1,000-seat theatre priced at AED84 million and a mosque valued at AED42 million. These additions are intended to strengthen local access to learning and cultural amenities.
The current wave of spending builds on Sharjah’s sustained development drive, with the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority having completed 52 projects across more than 60 million square feet at a total cost of AED7.2 billion over 15 years through strategic partnerships, a May 2025 authority announcement indicated. Those earlier efforts encompassed real estate, hospitality, retail, entertainment and cultural sectors that together delivered 4,516 residential units valued at AED5 billion. The authority also recorded a 48.9 percent compound annual growth rate in real estate sales between 2018 and 2024.
Sharjah attracted 142 investment projects worth AED7.74 billion during 2025 that created 5,673 jobs, according to the Sharjah FDI Office, with three-quarters now operational in sectors such as technology, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. Business licence issuance grew by 68 percent in the Eastern Region and 40 percent in the Central Region last year, the Sharjah Department of Economic Development reported, underscoring rising commercial activity in those zones. Complementing the public works drive, the Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority finished two electricity transmission projects at a cost exceeding AED341 million in September while continuing 13 further schemes valued at more than AED725 million.
