Major road projects to be completed this year

Major road projects to be completed this year

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MoTCIT) will complete many strategic road projects this year, a top official said during the annual press conference in Muscat on Sunday.Eng Khamis bin Mohammed al Shammakhi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology for Transport, said these projects include the completion of Al Batinah Coastal Road, which includes Barka-Al Suwaiq stretch; Al Sharqiyah Expressway (Al Kamil - Sur), Al Batinah Expressway (third package), Dibba - Lima - Khasab road in Musandam Governorate and dual-carriageway from the wilayats of Al Kamil W'al Wafi to the Wilayat of Jaalan Bani Bu Ali in the Al Sharqiyah South Governorate, and Adam-Thamrait) dual-carriageway project.Regarding logistical connectivity projects for the year, Al Shammakhi said that the ministry is implementing Khazaen Economic Zone’s roads project, which is planned to be completed in the first quarter.He added that the ministry has proposed a project to complete the dual-carriageway leading to the border crossing in the Empty Quarter (first phase) and construct an intersection on the souq roundabout in the Wilayat of Ibri, the remaining works of Al Batinah Expressway (Package 5 - Free Zone Link) in Suhar, and the establishment of a factory