The main purpose is to provide safe roads and entrances for users of the petrol station and to regulate traffic around it as well as to facilitate access to the existing schools in the neighbouring areas.
Engineer Fahad Mohamed al-Otaibi, head of Western Area Section in the Roads Project Department, said Ashghal was keen to accelerate work progress of the roads around Abu Nakhla Petrol Station in Mebaireek, in order to serve the users of this facility including visitors and residents of this area and neighbourhoods like Abu Nakhla and Al Sailiya.
Al-Otaibi pointed out that in addition to constructing roads which serve the petrol station, two roundabouts were constructed to facilitate and regulate traffic access to the existing schools on Rawdat Umm Islama Street, located behind the station, including Al Sailiya School, Abu Nakhla School and Fatima Zahra School.
He said the roads delivered by the project serve both the station and the educational institutions, facilitating local access to them while providing infrastructure utilities and road safety elements to fulfil the needs of the residents of Mebaireek and Abu Nakhla areas as well as other nearby areas.
The project’s scope of works involved providing entrances and exits to and from the petrol station at a total road length of 1.6km and asphalt works over a
10sqm surface as well as providing lighting systems alongside the new streets and installing directional signage and road markings.
As for infrastructure works, 1.2km long stormwater and surface water drainage networks have been implemented in order to protect the area from the risk of flooding, in addition to upgrading 300m of potable water network lines and protecting electricity and telecommunications services’ lines.
He added Ashghal was keen on using locally produced and manufactured materials and said local components make up 85% of the project works. The local materials used included Gabbro, lighting poles and luminaires, surface water drainage pipes, asphalt, prefabricated manholes, concrete, and reinforcement steel.
This project is part of Ashghal’s plan to develop the existing road network and improve its efficiency nationwide. Works are underway to construct a new bridge to serve Mebaireek areas.