The canal sidewalk comprises one shopping centre, four hotels, 450 restaurants, luxury housing, walkways and cycle paths.

It is a 3.2 km (2.0 mi) long project starting from Business Bay into the Arabian Gulf through Safa Park and Jumeirah west of the Indian Ocean.

It creates new public places and facilities with a total area of 80,000 m2 (860,000 sq ft) with private marinas for boats and a trade centre at the entrance of the canal.

[6] The project also includes three pedestrian crossings in addition to footpaths on all three new bridges and four marina stations for public transport.

[8] One of the first projects launched on Dubai Water Canal is Marasi Business Bay, which broke ground in June 2017.