Six of the best: Top GCC road projects

Salam Street is one of several high value road development projects underway in the GCC.

3. Batinah Coastal Road Phase 1 (Oman)

Client: Supreme Committee for Town Planning

Estimated value: US $712 million

Description: The 241 km Batinah Coastal Road project involves construction of a four-lane carriageway (two lanes on each side) running from Naseem Garden to Khatmat Malaha in Wilayat Shinas. Work will take place in two phases.
Phase 1 of the project has been split into two packages. Package 1, worth US $325 million, was awarded to Turkey’s Makyol. It involves construction of a 60km road from Naseem roundabout to Sayyid Said bin Sultan Naval Base at Wudam Al Sahel in the Wilayat of Musannah.

Package 2, worth US $387 million, was awarded to India’s Nagarjuna Construction Company. It requires construction of a 65.7km road from Majees roundabout in Sohar to Khatmat Malaha.

Construction of the remaining stretch of the road, around 116km, will be covered in phase 2 of the project.

Al Rajhi Company has been contracted to build 2200 homes for people displaced by the new road.

Schedule: Work on Phase 1 is underway and scheduled to finish in 2012. A timeframe for Phase 2 has not been released.

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