Oman accelerates 61 road projects Business

Oman accelerates 61 road projects

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology is implementing 61 road projects across the Sultanate of Oman under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, with around 22 projects already more than 70 per cent complete as the government accelerates investment in transport infrastructure to strengthen connectivity and support economic growth. The projects include new highways, […]

Work gathers pace on 61 road projects under the 11th Five-Year-Plan National

Work gathers pace on 61 road projects under the 11th Five-Year-Plan

Muscat: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) has accelerated the pace of implementation of infrastructure projects under the 11th Five-Year Plan. Dr. Saif bin Saeed Al Sinani, Director General of Planning at MTCIT, said that the Ministry is currently implementing about 61 projects in the roads sector in various governorates of the […]

Work on the Bidbid-Nizwa road project is 90% complete National

Work on the Bidbid-Nizwa road project is 90% complete

Muscat: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT) has said that the work on the  Sultan Thuwaini Bin Said Road project (Bidbid – Nizwa) is ahead of its scheduled deadline and has reached a completion rate of 89.46%  The project, estimated to cost more than RO10 million, includes reconstruction and repair of the […]

Al Buraimi expands internal road network, civic spaces National

Al Buraimi expands internal road network, civic spaces

Muscat: A comprehensive phase of internal road projects and urban humanization initiatives is underway in the Wilayat of Al Buraimi. These efforts are part of the ongoing drive to bolster infrastructure, upgrade service and tourism facilities, and enhance the efficiency of the governorate’s road networks. Eng. Obeid bin Salim al Kaabi, Director of the Projects Department […]

Road to Dhofar enters busiest season amid upgrade works National

Road to Dhofar enters busiest season amid upgrade works

SALALAH, JUNE 20 As Dhofar prepares to welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors during the Khareef season, Oman’s most important north-south road corridor is undergoing one of the largest infrastructure upgrades currently under way in the country. A field journey by the Oman Observer from Muscat to Salalah found extensive construction activity across multiple sections […]

Wakan to have better road accessibility National

Wakan to have better road accessibility

MUSCAT, JUNE 20 Just 35 degrees Celsius at 2 pm in June, and this is why Wakan Village in the Wilayat of Nakhal is known to be so popular. Now, a project to develop a road leading to Wakan is to be implemented. Eng Masoud bin Said al Hashmi, Governor of Al Batinah South, affirmed […]

Road safety committee reviews accident indicators National

Road safety committee reviews accident indicators

MUSCAT: The National Committee for Road Safety held a meeting on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Lt Gen Hasan bin Mohsin al Shraiqi, Inspector General of Police and Customs and Chairman of the Committee. During the meeting, the fourth edition of the Traffic Safety Competition was reviewed, alongside traffic indicators and statistics, awareness efforts, and […]

New section of Sultan Turki bin Said Road opens National

New section of Sultan Turki bin Said Road opens

SUR: The Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology announced the opening of new sections of the Sultan Turki bin Said Road, raising the rate of implementation of the project to 91 per cent. The road extends 52 kilometres in Al Sharqiyah South Governorate from the Wilayat of Al Kamil W’al Wafi to the Wilayat […]