The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed the main works of the first package of the Roads and Infrastructure Development Project in Semaisma West.
The project, according to an official statement, is part of Ashghal’s efforts to develop roads and infrastructure to serve citizens’ plots and residential lands in various areas of the country.
The project area is located east of Al Khor Road, bordered to the east by Semaisma West Street and to the south by Semaisma Road.
Engineer Essa Sultan al-Hillabi, project engineer, Northern Areas Projects Department at the Roads Projects Department, said the project serves 539 plots in citizens’ subdivisions in West Semaisma, where infrastructure services, roads and internal streets were provided to enhance traffic flow and provide connectivity with schools, mosques, commercial complexes and youth centres.
He added that a 21.7km-long road network has been developed and constructed, with traffic safety elements provided, such as street lighting systems and poles, directional signs and road markings. Pedestrian and cycle paths with a length of 17.5 km have also been constructed.
The completed works include the installation of sewage network lines with a length of 19.5km, the construction of a surface and groundwater drainage network with a length of 36km, and a treated water network with a length of 12.5km, in addition to 18km of potable water lines and extending new drainage pipes and connecting them to the sewage network.
This is in addition to implementing a stormwater storage lagoon for emergency purposes with a capacity of 263,000 cubic m to reduce water accumulation during the rainy season.
Some remaining works are being completed at the project site. These include cable connection work to electricity substations. These works are scheduled to be completed in June 2024.
Local materials were used in most of the project work.
Qatari manufactured lighting poles and lamps, drainage pipes, pre-cast manholes, electrical cables, directional signs and interlocks were used. This comes as part of Ashghal’s “Taheel” initiative.
Engineer Essa al-Hilabi
