Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed the work of rest and parking lounge for the Olympic Cycling Track on Al Khor Road, which includes a park and service facilities for the cyclists.
The lounge is located at the beginning of the Olympic cycling track, near the Golf Signal, on a total area of about 36,800 square meters. It provides parking, cycle service and maintenance kiosks, fitness area, Masjid, washrooms and a green area along 13,000 square meters.
Eng Hassan Al Mojaba from the Highway Projects Department pointed out that the kiosks will include a shop for rental, maintenance and selling bicycles. It will also include restaurants, cafeteria and supermarkets that are currently under bidding.
He also added that the rest lounge also includes parking slots for bicycles and cars, as well as benches to rest and prayer rooms.
The project includes 167 car parking slots, 57 bicycle parking slots and a covered fitness area with 15 equipment. The Masjid in the facility includes space for 150 worshippers, Imam’s room, washrooms, and ablution area. The project also includes plantation along 13,000 sq m with 197 trees, five multi-purpose commercial kiosks, which are already ready, and 10 more kiosks are planned on an area of 24 sq m, besides building a shop for maintenance and rental of bicycles on an area of 60 sq m. Additionally, a maintenance building is built for Ashghal, and it includes office of Qatar Cyclist Club, besides washrooms, and seating provisions for visitors.
Olympic Cycling Track had earlier entered the Guinness Book of Records for being the longest continuous cycle track with a length of about 33 km.
