The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ announced the commencement of the Roads and Infrastructure Project in Mebaireek Area. That is as part of Ashghal’s plan to provide an integrated infrastructure, an advanced roads network and service facilities throughout the country. The project is located in Mebaireek, specifically South of Salwa Road, West of Energy Street, and North of Industrial Street 33. It aims to provide an internal road network and an integrated infrastructure that meets the requirements of the population and urban growth in the future.
The developmental work has been divided into 4 areas that are going to be implemented simultaneously, in order to reduce the construction work impacts and any inconveniences that might occur to the residents. Works are scheduled to be fully completed in Q2, 2024.
Eng. Abdulla Al Suwaidi, project engineer in the Western Area Projects Section at the Roads Projects Department in Ashghal, stated that the project serves 1163 citizens' residential plots in Mebaireek area. It aims to provide an internal road network with a length of about 55 km to enhance traffic flow and provide connectivity with public facilities in the area. In addition to providing traffic safety elements such as street lighting systems and poles, as well as providing road signs. Within the scope of the project, 9 km of shared paths for pedestrians and bicycles will be provided, in addition to providing 7,236 car parks to regulate traffic movement.
Eng. Al Suwaidi stated that the infrastructure construction works include a drainage network of about 17 km, a 50 km surface and ground water drainage network and a 28 km treated water network. In addition to the extension of potable water pipes connected to the main network and the protection of power and communications lines.
It is worth mentioning that the implementation of the project works will mainly depend on local materials and contractors. Materials such as gabbro, columns, lighting lamps, road sign, sewage pipes, rainwater drainage, asphalt and prefabricated manholes, in addition to concrete and steel reinforcement will be supplied from local Qatari factories. It is intended that the local element will reach up to 85% of the project works, which is within Ashghal’s continuous support to local factories and ‘Ta’heel’ initiative launched by Ashghal in 2017.
The project is being implemented by Boom Construction Company at a cost of about 626,315,172.50 million Qatari riyals. It is one of the projects within the Infrastructure Development Program implemented by the Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’, which includes a number of development projects spread all around country.