The Upgrading Works for Streets in West Bay Area project by the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) will remarkably improve the vehicular capacity while alleviating the traffic in the area during peak hours. Ashghal has informed that the project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2021.
The project is implemented as part of Ashghal’s efforts to improve the existing service facilities and develop the road network in Doha in a way that responds to the economic and social growth requirements in the country. And it’s implemented in two parallel phases. The first phase includes the development of internal roads surrounding the Abdullah Bin Hamad District while the second phase includes the development of Al Corniche Street, Majlis Al Taawon Street, and a part of Omar Al Mokhtar Street. As well as the improvement of external roads leading to and from Abdullah Bin Hamad District.
The project is implemented at an estimated cost of QR 123,883,309 and it includes the development of eight signalized intersections on the streets surrounding Abdullah Bin Hamad District, upgrading of water and electricity networks, installation of lighting poles, expansion of five existing signalized intersections on Al Corniche Street and Majlis Al Taawon Street, construction of a new signalised intersection at Majlis Al Taawon Street and provision of pedestrian walkways and cycle paths along the street.