ADDITION OF A MATAF BRIDGE

 Kamariah is in Mecca to perform her Hajj and she sends pictures to me using Whatsapp almost daily. All the pictures she sent to me of the Kaabah has this bridge blocking it.  Initially I didn't really realise that a new circular bridge has been built around the Kaabah or the Sacred House to enable the weak and elderly to circumambulate it.  Going around the Kaabah seven times in an anti-clockwise direction is referred to as Tawaff by the Muslims.
This new circular bridge is known as the mataf bridge.  It was opened for pilgrims at the end of July. Only disabled and elderly pilgrims will be allowed to use the circular bridge that can hold 7,000 wheelchair-borne pilgrims per hour.“Since the bridge would be set apart for weak, infirm and disabled pilgrims, the movement of able-bodied pilgrims below on the ground floor will become easier as that area will be free from wheelchairs that used to clutter in an already crowded area.
Now I have to think of what to use to make the Mataf Bridge to add to my model. I will show you the pictures once I manage to get it done.

 The pictures (below) that she sent also had pictures of cranes hovering above the Al Haram Mosque where the Kaabah is located.  I was told that there is ongoing expansion works at the Grand Mosque.  It seems that the area around the Holy Kaabah is ever expanding and changing.