27 May 2015
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport and Communications signed two agreements worth RO 201 million for road projects yesterday. The first agreement of RO 110 million was signed with Ghantoot Transport and General Contracting Company for the first phase of Adam-Thumrait dual carriageway (120.4 km) and service roads with a length of (20.35 km). These two phases of the project is expected to be ready in 2018.
The second agreement of RO 91 million was signed with Omani Consolidated Contractors Company and covers the second phase of Adam-Thumrait dual carriageway (119.7 km) and service roads with a length of 5.25 km. Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, signed the two agreements in the presence of Salim bin Mohammed al Nuaimi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for Transport.
Dr Futaisi said in a statement that the implementation of these projects comes as a continuation of the parts that have been dualised, which started from the Farq roundabout in Nizwa to Adam with a total length of about 62 km, adding that the road is one of the roads that link the Governorates of al Dakhiliyah, al Sharqiyah and Al Wusta with the Governorate of Dhofar.
He said that the dualisation of the two phases in this way will contribute effectively to the smooth flow of traffic and thus reduce as much as possible the traffic accidents, especially during the khareef season, adding that the road will, after completion, help improve tourism in the Governorate of Dhofar.
MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport and Communications signed two agreements worth RO 201 million for road projects yesterday. The first agreement of RO 110 million was signed with Ghantoot Transport and General Contracting Company for the first phase of Adam-Thumrait dual carriageway (120.4 km) and service roads with a length of (20.35 km). These two phases of the project is expected to be ready in 2018.
The second agreement of RO 91 million was signed with Omani Consolidated Contractors Company and covers the second phase of Adam-Thumrait dual carriageway (119.7 km) and service roads with a length of 5.25 km. Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al Futaisi, Minister of Transport and Communications, signed the two agreements in the presence of Salim bin Mohammed al Nuaimi, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications for Transport.
Dr Futaisi said in a statement that the implementation of these projects comes as a continuation of the parts that have been dualised, which started from the Farq roundabout in Nizwa to Adam with a total length of about 62 km, adding that the road is one of the roads that link the Governorates of al Dakhiliyah, al Sharqiyah and Al Wusta with the Governorate of Dhofar.
He said that the dualisation of the two phases in this way will contribute effectively to the smooth flow of traffic and thus reduce as much as possible the traffic accidents, especially during the khareef season, adding that the road will, after completion, help improve tourism in the Governorate of Dhofar.
© Oman Daily Observer 2015
