Oman and its roadways are always on top speed to help fellow commuters travel across the nation with ease. And this new expressway needed some repair work so the Oman Ministry has reached out for rescue! The Al Batinah Highway between South Al Batinah and North Al Batinah is being renovated.
Oman’s Al Batinah Highway Repair Work
@mtcitoman implements a project to maintain and rehabilitate Al Batinah Highway, including the replacement of asphalt layers, damaged iron barriers, installing and replacing signboards and paint works with a total length of 73 km in different locations. pic.twitter.com/v7kx0QYzL8
— وزارة النقل والاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات (@mtcitoman) April 8, 2023
In order to repair the roadway in various sites, starting from the Wilayat of Barka to Khatmat Milaha in the Wilayat of Shinas, the Ministry of Transport, Communications, and Information Technology is now working on a project.
As part of the project, 73 km of asphalt layers along the Al Batinah Highway will be replaced at various points. In addition, damaged iron barriers will be repaired, guiding regulations will be installed and replaced, and ground paint will be applied in accordance with guidelines established by the Sultanate of Oman’s Road Design Manual.
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Heavy Traffic On The Expressway Would Get Disturbed
One of the major thoroughfares that see heavy traffic is the Al Batinah Highway. The Ministry is consistently doing the required routine maintenance on it in order to maintain road user safety and protect it as one of the country’s greatest achievements in transportation infrastructure.
The motorway has four lanes that are 3.75 metres wide each, with both internal and exterior shoulders. Additionally, it contains 25 water crossings, a traffic island that is 12 metres wide, 17 flyovers, 12 underpasses, 23 interchanges, and 3 and 2 metres of asphalt shoulders. To lessen traffic congestion, a total of 1,106 box culverts were constructed.
Along with places to park ambulances and Oman Police vehicles, the highway also has pedestrian flyovers, rest areas, and truck weighing stations.
The Al Batinah Expressway is one of the largest infrastructure projects we can witness in the entire Middle East. The project’s development cost OMR1bn ($2.6bn). The Oman Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) originally categorized the Al Batinah Expressway building project into six sections.
Did you know Larsen & Turbo received the contract for constructing this highway in 2013? And in the following year, they again secured the contract for further development.
Cover Image Courtesy: Larsen & Tourbo