Road work completed

Manama : The revamp work of Ghous Highway Interchange and the Airport Avenue in Muharraq has been completed, the Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Eng. Essam bin Abdulla Khalaf said yesterday.

The work was initiated in response to directives from His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister to reduce traffic congestion across the roads network in Bahrain.

The phase 2 of the project comprises of adding two separate lanes along Sheikh Isa Causeway towards Busaiteen, two lanes towards the Highway Avenue and another separate lane enabling vehicles to turn right towards Ghous Highway, the Minister said. Also, the Airport Avenue carrying traffic to Manama has been expanded and two lanes have been added for traffic heading right towards Busaiteen and another heading left towards Ghous Highway.  Phase 1 of the project was launched in July, comprising of expanding the Airport Avenue; with a right turn towards Busaiteen. 

According to the Minister, the short-term plan is part of the wider $1.2 billion development plan aiming to expand the roads network included in the GCC Development Programme. The projects are expected to change the roads network tremendously to be able to accommodate the rapid increase in population and the housing and urban growth in the Kingdom.  Taking into consideration the implementation of strategic projects could take up to 3-4 years, the Ministry is implementing the short-term plan to put in place solutions for traffic congestions along a number of intersections.