Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula
DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) announced yesterday that it will partially open a new bridge at Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Attiya Interchange and a new tunnel at Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani Interchange tomorrow as part of Al Rayyan Road Development Project (Phase 2).
“The new openings will lead to a significant improvement in traffic flow in the area, especially between Al Furousiya Street and Al Hawar Street, leading to Al Gharafa Road and Khalifa Avenue, where a number of traffic detours will be canceled, reducing traffic time to more than 50 percent,” said Project Engineer Abdullah Qassem.
The officials during the press tour yesterday. Pic: Baher Amin / The Peninsula
Qassem was speaking during a press tour to the new bridge and tunnel organised by Ashghal yesterday. The tour was also accompanied by Eng. Hamad Issa, Manager of Road Assets Department at the Ministry of Communications and Transportation, Mohammed Mahmoud Al Shafi, Chairman of the Central Municipal Council, and member of the 14th Precinct and Mohammed Salem Al Qamra, Member of the Municipal Council, Brigadier General Mohammad Marafia, Traffic Safety and a number of officials of the authority and the project engineers. Qassem said that the new bridge is 370-metre long and includes four lanes in each direction, two of which will be open in each direction.
“New tunnel is 925 metres long and includes five lanes in each direction, of which two directions will open in each direction, to allow the continuation of construction work on the project,” said Qassem. He said this is in addition to opening of two lanes on Al Rayyan Road below the new bridge in the direction from Bani Hajar to Doha. “The openings will serve many areas, especially Al Rayyan, Al Luqta, Al Gharafa, Mreikh, Fareej Al Amir, in addition to Education City and Aspire Zone,” said Qassem.
Qassem said Ashghal is working on the completion of the second phase of the Al Rayyan Road Development Project by the end of 2018, as per the directives of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Khalifa Al Thani.
He said that road users travelling from Al Gharafa via Huwar Street can use the new underpass at Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani Interchange and new bridge at Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Interchange to travel south towards Aspire Zone.
He said that road users travelling from Aspire Zone via Al Furousiya Street can use the new bridge at Khalid Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Interchange and new underpass at Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Thani Interchange to travel north towards Al Gharafa.
“Road users travelling from Aspire Zone can use the diverted Al Furousiya Street and turn right on to Al Rayyan Al Jadeed Street to travel east towards Doha,” said Qassem.
