Muscat Metro rail survey to begin this month

Muscat Metro rail survey to begin this month

Muscat: A feasibility study for a metro rail network in Muscat Governorate will begin this month. According to Eng. Ibrahim bin Hamood Al Waili, the director of the Office of the Follow Up Unit for the Implementation Plan for the National Urban Development Strategy at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MOHUP), "It is likely that by 2040, the population of Oman will reach about 7. 5 million. Based on estimates under the urban development strategy, there will be about one million people in Muscat Governorate. From this point of view, it is important that we diversify the means of transportation. This includes a metro network, which will serve as an alternate means of transportation for people." The feasibility study for the metro project will begin this month, he added, and will run for 12 months, after which the routes for the metro will be determined. "The metro will run from the Wilayat of Seeb to Ruwi in the Wilayat of Muttrah, passing through several wilayats of the capital," he added. "The structural plan for the metro will include the urban plan of the city, and how that will affect the metro route. Following this study, we will also