of the Master Plan includes: Stage 1A (completed) A 280-room apartment complex with a combination of 2,3 and 4 bedroom units An integrated primary and secondary school housing 20 classrooms A public building for government and social requirements containing 32 units A hospital with 50 bed capacity A mosque for 1500 people Four commercial buildings with a total of 48 units An asphalt-paved road network approximately long An adequate land space for the cultivation of indigenous plants and imported varieties Stage 1B (to be completed by December 2005) 232 condominium housing units 120 basic housing units 169 beach plots 56 standard plots 132 terraced houses 280 housing units 57 residential beach front plots 109 residential beach plots 56 residential standard plots 132 plots for terraced housing A public building with 32 public units 15 industrial and commercial land plots with an average of per unit Stage 1C (planned for 2006) 1900 housing units Stage 2 (targeted for 2016) 2950 housing units Stage 3 (targeted for 2020) 3075 housing units Hulhumalé is underutilized relative to other central atolls in the Maldives. It would take the lead of the government to improve utilization by moving government ministers, government departments and public institutions to Hulhumalé and assisting public servants with relocation costs. Pending urban development, greenery landscaping would help make the place more attractive. On 15 January 2015 the second reclamation phase of Hulhumalé was launched, which will include the construction of a youth centre. The $50 million project was awarded to Dredging International NV, Belgium earlier this year. Transport Hulhumalé has road network which was planned together with the development of the island. The island is connected via a causeway to the airport island Hulhulé Island, allowing easy road transport between the Velana International Airport and Hulhumalé. With the opening of the Sinamalé Bridge between Hulhulé and Malé Island in September 2018, the road networks of the three islands were connected for the first time. References External links Housing Development Corporation NPR Morning Edition story, 28 Jan 2008 Islands of the Maldives Populated coastal places in the Maldives Artificial islands of the Maldives Populated places in the Maldives Climate change adaptation