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Majd Road to Serve As Major Link Across Qatar 16 Friday, February 8, 2019 The Last Word Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani with other ministers and dignitaries at the opening of Al Majd Road on Thursday. Majd Road to serve as major link across Qatar The opening of the Al Majd Road, which provides seven lanes of free-flow dual carriageway from Mesaieed to Al Khor, comes as a major boost SANTHOSH CHANDRAN Wakra and Al Wukair at Bu Al Mearad. DOHA Jood Interchange. This con- Al Majd Road intersects nection creates smooth traf- with Dukhan Road, Al Majd AL Majd Road, opened by fic movement to and from Roadis divided into two main Prime Minister and Minister of the south of the state towards axes, one towards Lusail in- Interior HE Sheikh Abdullah Hamad International Airport. tersecting with Dukhan Road bin Nasser bin Khalifa al Thani Furthermore, it eases the at Umm Al Juwashin Inter- on Thursday, will serve as a journey to and from Mesaieed change; the other towards Al vital link across Qatar flowing towards the Industrial Area, Khor intersecting with Dukhan from south of the country to Hamad International Airport Road at Umm Al Afaei Inter- north and east. or Doha. change. Al Majd Road also Al Majd provides seven As for the residential ar- intersects with Al Rufaa Street lanes of free-flow dual car- eas, the residents of Al Wakra, at Al Themaid Interchange riageway from Mesaieed to Al Al Wukair, or Doha South can and with Al Shamal Road at Khor, accommodating over use the G Ring Road to easily Al Mazrooah Interchangeto- 14,000 vehicles per hour in reach Al Majd Road towards Al wards Lusail, serving the resi- each direction. Khor, Lusail to the North, and dents of Umm Slal, Al Kheesa, This is considered one of Dukhan to the West. and Al Khuraitiyat. the safest roads in Qatar owing Al Majd Road is connected In addition, Al Majd Road to its unique and international to Salwa Road, at Mesaieed intersects with Al Shamal Road standard design, which strate- required time for the same trip the Pearl. Moreover, it con- tar and Wholesale Market. It Wakra stadium, Al Thumama Interchange. Road users com- at Al Khor intersection on one gically provides two dedicated via other existing roads. nects to areas in the north such connects to recreational and stadium and Ras Abu Abboud ing from areas adjacent to side, and with Umm Esmaira truck lanes and five light vehi- Al Majd Road serves a sig- as Al Khor, and Rass Laffan. tourist destinations such as the Stadium as well as Qatar Foun- Salwa Road such as the In- Interchangeon the other side, cle lanes to significantly reduce nificant number of residential Al Majd Road also serves Pearl, Katara, Al Rufaa and Al dation Stadium, Khalifa Sta- dustrial Area or residential serving the residents of Al Khor accident risks. areas, such as Mesaieed, Al many economic and tourist Daayen Celebration Hall Com- dium and other sports facilities areas such as Ain Khaled, and northern areas. The truck routes will pro- Wakra, Al Wukair, south of facilities plex and several beaches such and training grounds. Umm Al Seneem, Al Murra Al Majd Road intersects vide free flow traffic movement Doha, including Ain Khalid, Al Majd Road enhances as Sealine, Al Wakra, Al Khor Al Majd Road is connected etc., can use Al Majd Road to with Al Khor Expressway to- for the transportation of com- Umm Al Seneem, Al Waab, Al traffic flow towards many eco- and Simaisma. to G Ring Road via Bu Al Yawa- travel southbound towards wards Lusail, which facilitates mercial and industrial goods Aziziya, Al Murra, Abu Nakhla, nomic facilities, such as Ham- The opening of Al Majd bi Interchange. Both roads are Mesaieed, northbound to- the access to and from the from and to key hubs across Mekaines, Muaither, Al Sailiya, ad Port, Hamad International Road contributes to the com- regarded as key arterial roads wards Al Khor, or westbound State’s eastern areas, Lusail the country. Al Mearad. Airport, the Industrial Area, pletion of 2022 FIFA World seeing as their openings have towards Dukhan. City, the Pearl, Katara, West Al Majd Road provides ef- It facilitates access to Al Logistic Area, such as Manateq Cup infrastructure on time. had a significant impact to the Al Majd Road intersects Bay, Qatar University, and the ficient traffic movement, which Wajba, Al Rayyan, Al Shahani- and Logistics Village. It provides direct access to traffic movement within Qa- with Al Sailiya Road at Al Community College of Qatar. will be a key contributing fac- yah, Dukhan, Al Kheesa, Umm Furthermore, it facilitates several stadiums including Al tar. In addition, Al Majd Road Mearad interchange, facilitat- tor to reducing travel time up Slal Mohammed, Umm Slal Ali access to popular malls and Rayyan stadium, Al Khor sta- is connected to Al Wukair- ing traffic for areas such as Al (PHOTOGRAPHS BY to 50 per cent compared to the areas, all the way to Lusail and markets, such as Mall of Qa- dium and Lusail stadium, Al Road which passes through Al Waab, Muaither, Al Sailiya and JALAL PATHIYOOR) TESTIMONIES FROM ‘Despite blockade, Al Majd Road completed on schedule’ ROAD USERS Continued from page 1 business hubs in West Bay,” World Cup stadiums. (Ashghal) President Saad bin tivity to both Al Rayyan and I live in Al Wukair and I can say that we can sense Sulaiti added. On his part, Minister of Ahmed al Mohannadi said Lusail Stadium and facilitates the great positive change in the road network. I “The new road will serve Minister of Finance HE Municipality and Environ- the completion of this road access to all other stadiums recently used Al Wukair Road 1 to Al Kharrara and found that the new layout reduced the travel time and many economic areas, such as Ali Shareef al Emadi said the ment HE Abdullah bin Ab- on schedule, despite the un- namely Al Bayt Stadium in the Industrial Area, Economic government is committed to dulaziz bin Turki al Subaie just blockade on Qatar, proves Al Khor, Al Wakra Stadium, shortened the distance. I can also say that the road safety Zones Company (Manateq) providing funds to deliver said the Al Majd Road serves that the country is fast pro- Al Thumama Stadium, Ras has greatly improved. and the Mesaieed Industrial and develop various infra- many municipalities and fa- gressing in delivering world- Bu Abboud Stadiumsouth, as ~ Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Jassim al Thani Area. In addition, it is connect- structure projects, especially cilitates traffic flow and access class infrastructure. well as Education City Stadi- ed to Lusail City from one side the road network that will to 30 residential areas. “The new road network um and Khalifa International and facilitates access to the facilitate access to 2022 FIFA Public Works Authority will provide direct connec- Stadium,” he added. I work for Qatar Petroleum and I use Hamad Port Road on a daily basis to reach our farm. I would like to thank the Public Works Authority for the newly constructed road which provides 4 lanes in each direction and a safer and a faster route.” Upgraded Mesaieed Road, Hamad ~ Salem al Marri I am a resident of Al Khor City and my main hobby Port Road and Al Wukair Road open is camping at Sealine and driving on Mesaieed sand dunes, especially in the winter. I have been driving SANTHOSH CHANDRAN Al Majd Road since the beginning of this camping season DOHA and it has saved me a lot of time – reaching Mesaieed now takes me about 50 minutes; this was impossible THE upgraded Mesaieed with the old highways! I am very proud of what Ashghal Road, Hamad Port Road and has done in short time and excited about the official Al Wukair Road were opened inauguration.” to traffic on Thursday. ~ Saad al Muhannadi The upgraded 11-km Me- saieed Road has been convert- ed from a two to four-lane in I live in Al Wakra and regularly travel to Al Khararra. each direction highway, which Since the opening of the four new roads, I can now now accommodates about use G Ring Road and travel through free flow main carriageways to reach Al Kharrara without any congestion. 8,000 vehicles per hour in each direction. My travel time has significantly reduced from 45 to 25 Mesaieed Road acts as a direction. The road consists of 200,000 tonnes of reinforce- minutes. The road also offers a safer route with wider lane major link between Al Wakra several multi-level interchang- ment steel were used. Around capacity were two of lanes are dedicated to trucks.” and Mesaieed City connect- es providing free flow traffic in 1,200 kilometres of guardrails ~ Mohamed Magdy ing many economic facili- all directions. and 10,000 light poles were ties such as Hamad Port and Al Wukair Road connects installed along the road for Mesaieed Industrial Zone as the Industrial Area and Al Wu- greater safety. I live in Duhail and regularly travel to Al Khararra. The well as a number of important es and a main carriageway other areas of the country. kair to Al Kharrara and Al Majd All roads encompassed opening of the four new roads has provided me with routes such as Al Wakra Road, with four lanes in each direc- Al Wukair Road serves an Road, intercepting Hamad within the project have been three additional travel alternatives for my daily trip. It is great that each one provides free flow connectivity Al Wakra Bypass Road (The tion that can accommodate important component of the Port Road.
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