Muharraq ring road Phase 2 bids opened

The bids related to the consultation services for Phase 2 of Muharraq Ring Road Project and the 4th flyover connecting Manama to Muharraq has opened. Announcing the opening of the bid, the Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs & Urban Planning Eng. Essam bin Abdulla Khalaf said that the Ministry is presently working on the financial and technical evaluation to the bids presented.

According to the Minister, the Ministry has initiated the tendering process for the project in response to directives from HRH the Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa to create a fourth flyover connecting Muharraq and the Capital and North Busaiteen and Bahrain Bay. The engineering designs have been presented to HRH, and he has approved them.

Mr bin Abdulla Khalaf said that phase 2 of the project is to be implemented over 3 stages, the first of which will target reclamation and levelling works. Once work starts, traffic studies will be prepared and documents covering stage 2 will also be completed. Stage 2 comprises civil works and paving of dirt lanes. In stage 3, engineering designs for the marine flyover and the main interchange connecting to North Manama Causeway will be implemented. “The total length of the project is 7.8km (including the 4.2km long Muharraq

Ring Road and the 3.6km long fourth flyover between the Interchange of Saya Project and North Manama Causeway.) A 110-m wide main road will also be provided as part of the project,” he said. The Ministry is presently working on the completion of Phase 1 of Muharraq Ring Road - starting from the entrance to Galali and Amwaj and ending at the entrance to Diyar Al Muharraq.