Ashghal Announces its Completion of Road and Infrastructure works around Abu Nakhla Petrol Station

The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ has announced that remaining works of the roads and infrastructure around Abu Nakhla Petrol Station has been successfully completed, which is located on Salwa Road in Mebaireek, and now the roads will be opened for traffic movement, as part of Road Improvement Works in Al-Rayyan Area, Phase 5.

The ultimate goal of the completed works is to ensure safe transportation and entrances for users of the petrol station, and regulate traffic around it, as well as facilitate access to the existing schools in the surrounding areas.

Eng. Fahad Mohamed Al-Otaibi, Head of Western Area Section in the Roads Project Department, said that the Public Works Authority was eager enough to accelerate work progress of the roads around Abu Nakhla Petrol Station in Mebaireek in order to provide the users of this facility, including visitors and residents of this area and neighbourhoods like Abu Nakhla and Al Sailiya.

Eng. Fahad also mentioned out that along with completing the projects of roads which serve the petrol station, two roundabouts were also constructed in order to facilitate and regulate traffic access to the existing schools on Rawdat Umm Islama Street, which are located behind the station, including Al Sailiya School, Abu Nakhla School and Fatima Zahra School. He also emphasised the significance of the roads that are offered by the project that serves both the station and the educational institutions, facilitates local access to them, and serves the infrastructure utilities and road safety elements to fulfil the requirements of the residents of Mebaireek and Abu Nakhla areas as well as other neighbouring areas.

It is also worth mentioning that the scope of this project’s works involved offering entrances and exits to and from the petrol station at a total road length of 1.6 Km and asphalt works over a 10-squre meter-surface, as well as providing lighting systems alongside the new streets (1.6-km-long), and installing directional signage and road markings.

As for infrastructure works, 1.2-km-long stormwater and surface water drainage networks have been carried out in order to protect the area from the risk of flooding, along with upgrading 300 meters of potable water network lines and protecting electricity and telecommunications services’ lines.

Eng. Fahed Mohamed Al-Otaibi also highlighted Ashghal’s eagerness on using locally produced and manufactured materials. He stressed that the local component makes 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 enhance the existing road network and ameliorate its efficiency nationwide. It is worth highlighting on the works that are being implemented to construct a new bridge to serve Mebaireek areas.

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