Ashghal will put in place a temporary diversion on Salwa Road westbound carriageway at Mesaieed Interchange (Exit 24) for one week from Thursday to facilitate the completion of roadworks related to the Orbital Highway and Truck Route.

Road users travelling north to Al Khor or south towards Al Shamal Expressway can use the Dukhan North Service Road.

The pace of Ashghal's projects should be accelerated in line with the directives of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani so as to implement Qatar's national plans regarding infrastructure, HE the Prime Minister said.

The proposed road change, which will occur approximately 50km south west of Doha, has been designed in co-ordination with the General Directorate of Traffic.

Public Works Authority (Ashghal) president Saad bin Ahmed al-Muhannadi has stressed that the ongoing infrastructure projects in Qatar have not been affected by the challenges arising from the economic blockade imposed on Qatar.

Traffic movement between Hamad Port and Al Khor and further north got a boost on Sunday when the first phase of the Orbital Highway and Truck Route was formally opened.

Almost two-third of the ambitious Orbital Highway and Truck Route linking the newly constructed Hamad Port in Mesaieed with the Ras Laffan Industrial City on the northern side is ready now.

Some 18km of the Orbital Highway, stretching from Dukhan Road to Mazrouah Interchange on North Road, has been partially opened, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced ...

The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) opened the G-Ring Road –at a total cost of QR 4bn, connecting Hamad International Airport to the Orbital Highway at Industrial Area and beyond.

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