FAKHRO INSPECTS SECOND INTERCHANGE ALONG SH. KHALIFA BIN SALMAN HIGHWAY
AND THE ROAD LINKING ROUNDABOUTS 13-18 IN HAMAD TOWN
Roads
Assistant Undersecretary at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities & Urban
Planning Eng. Huda Fakhro visited the 2nd interchange along Sh.
Khalifa bin Salman Highway and the road linking Roundabouts 13-18 in Hamad
Town, where she closely inspected progress in the project. Fakhro was
accompanied by Roads Projects & Maintenance Director Eng. Raed Al Salah, a
number of engineers and the team supervising the project.
Fakhro
explained that the project is part of a string of projects presently being
implemented as part of GCC Fund Program, which reflect the Government’s concern
towards supporting development in the Kingdom and providing proper
infrastructure services that accommodate people’s needs.
At
the beginning of the tour, Fakhro received a detailed presentation about
progress in the project, where she learned that the overall progress in the
project amounted to 47%, while progress in laying the foundations reached 100%,
and progress in the flyover columns reached 100% as well. Work on the structure
of the flyover reached 46%, while 60% progress has been achieved in the road
linking Roundabouts 13-18.
Fakhro also inspected progress in the construction of the flyover, in
addition to the road works involved in the implementation of the road linking
Roundabouts 13-18. She also inspected the diversion of services in the project
location.
The new flyover will provide a direct access to Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman
Highway; specifically for the traffic coming from Roundabout 18 in Hamad Town,
the residential areas in the vicinity and also the Western villages, and
heading north towards Manama. It will also provide direct access to the traffic
coming along Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Highway from Zallaq in the South towards
Roundabout 18 and the surrounding areas.
Fakhro urged the team in charge of supervision of the project and the
project consultant to coordinate with all the concerned entities in order to
overcome any obstacles facing the project contractor and complete the project
on time. She also stressed the importance of looking into all traffic safety
measures within the project, especially that related to safety barriers along
the flyover and on the roads; to check their effectiveness prior to
construction and installation and also to ensure they are being properly
implemented.
The project comprises of creating a 2
direction flyover with 2 lanes on each direction. The new 24.2m wide flyover is
to pass over the Sh. Khalifa bin Salman Highway at a length of 280km. Works
also include constructing a 2 way road with 2 lanes on each direction at a
length of 1.5m; connecting Roundabouts 13 to 18 in Hamad Town. This will
alleviate traffic congestion along Sh. Hamad Highway and other internal roads
in Hamad Town. Work also includes lighting and traffic safety works,
paving roads in the vicinity of the project, landscaping and forestation works.
The project is considered to be
the 3rd entrance to Hamad Town from Sh. Khalifa bin Salman Highway,
following the completion of 2 previous entrances at Roundabouts 6 & 14,
which was done through the creation of 2 main traffic signal controlled
underpasses as part of phase 5 of Sh. Khalifa bin Salman Highway.
According to the latest traffic studies, it is expected that the new
interchange will alleviate traffic movement heading towards Sh. Khalifa bin
Salman Highway from Hamad Town via the interchange parallel to Roundabouts 14
by 40%. Studies indicate that the present traffic travelling along the
interchange leading to Roundabout 14 amounts to 3500 vehicles/hour during the
peak time.
The BD7,466,985 project was
awarded by the Tender Board, in coordination with the Saudi Development Fund,
to a consortium of Nass Contracting and Al Yamama Company. Work is supervised
by Parsons Global Limited.
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