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Bluewaters Island is a development project under construction off the Jumeirah Beach Residence coastline, near Dubai Marina, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The project was approved by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai, and unveiled on February 13, 2013. It will be built on reclaimed land by Meraas Holding, with dredging work to be conducted by Van Oord, the Dutch firm known for its work on Palm Jumeirah, and will cost AED 6 billion (1.6 billion USD, including the Dubai Eye). Construction was originally due to start in April 2013, but actually began on May 20, 2013.It will include entertainment, hospitality, residential, and retail zones, and is forecast to attract more than three million visitors annually.Dubai EyeBluewaters Island will feature the AED 1 billion Dubai Eye, a 210m tall giant Ferris wheel. If completed, it will be taller than the current world's tallest Ferris wheel, the 167.6m High Roller, which opened in Las Vegas in March 2014, and 19.5m taller than the 190.5m New York Wheel planned for Staten Island, which is scheduled to open in April 2018.