​The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announced the completion of the upgrade works of Al Rufaa Intersection (known as Sana Intersection) and opening it for traffic on Wednesday 25 March 2020, as part of the A-Ring Road Development Project.

Eng. Mohamed Arqoub Al-Khaldi, Highway Projects Department Assistant Manager at Ashghal, said that the intersection has a strategic location that links some of the major vital roads in Doha such as Ras bu Abboud Street, Ali bin Omar Al Attiya Street as well Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Thani Street (known as the A Ring Road) and the B Ring Road, where it serves several road users who commute on these roads on daily basis.

Engineer Al Khaldi also noted that the upgrade of the intersection, significantly contributes to increasing the intersection’s vehicular capacity and reducing the congestion. In addition to facilitating commuting between the densely populated residential areas surrounding it, such as Umm Ghuwailina, Al Hitmi, Old Al Ghanim and Al Doha Al Jadeeda.

He also highlighted that in addition to enhancing traffic flow in the heart of these densely-populated areas, Al Rufaa Intersection facilitates the commute to several health and educational facilities, commercial centers and many hotels in addition to Hamad International Airport and the iconic Qatar National Museum.

The upgrading works that were implemented on the intersection include increasing the number of lanes on the streets that are connected to Al Rufaa Intersection, where four lanes will be accommodating traffic coming from Ras bu Abboud to Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Thani Street and three lanes for motorists wanting to turn left towards B Ring Road and one lane to turn right.

As for road users coming from Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Thani Street, the intersection provides four lanes to continue straight towards Ras bu Abboud Street along with three lanes to turn left towards Ali bin Omar Al Attiya Street and one lane to turn right.

The number of lanes on the B-Ring Road has also been increased to four shared lanes that allow road users to continue straight towards Ali bin Omar Al Attiya Street or turn left towards Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Thani Street, and one right-turn lane towards Ras bu Abboud Street.

As for those coming from Ali bin Omar Al Attiya Street, the intersection provides three shared lanes to allow road users to continue straight towards the B-Ring Road or turn left towards Ras bu Abboud Street, in addition to one right-turn lane towards Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Thani Street.

The Public Works Authority is implementing, within the scope of works of the A-Ring Road Development Project, infrastructure upgrade works, which comprises of the development of rainwater drainage networks, electricity lines network, street lighting and ITS network, along with the expansion of a pedestrian path and the construction of dedicated cycle paths.