Ashghal plants 192 trees, develops 17000 sqm green spaces around Legtaifiya Station – The Peninsula

Ashghal plants 192 trees, develops 17000 sqm green spaces around Legtaifiya Station – The Peninsula

Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced the completion of all landscaping works and construction of roads surrounding Legtaifiya Station and opening them to traffic. The works are part of the Road Improvement Works in Various Areas in Greater Doha project (Phase 6), and included providing a shared pedestrian and bicycle path, and planting trees and green spaces in and around the station.

The new roads provide two entrances to the Legtaifiya station; the first is from Lusail Road and the second is from the Pearl Road. These roads contribute to facilitating access to the station and other health and recreational facilities in the area.

This comes as part of Ashghal’s efforts to develop the transportation network in Qatar, enhance the integration between the road network and the rail network, and facilitate traffic. The new roads serve Legtaifiya station within the Doha Metro Red Line and the recently opened Lusail Tram Line.

Eng Mooza Mohamed Al Sowaidi, Head of Doha City Section in the Roads Projects Department, said that Ashghal was keen to speed up the pace of work to complete the first phase of road works to coincide with the start of operation of the Doha Metro Red Line, and to