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Revamping Rayya highway: Phase 1 works to start

TDT | Manama

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The first phase works of BD 12 million Rayya highway revamp project in Muharraq will begin soon, said Essam Khalaf, The Minister of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning.

A tender for the project had received 17 bids, the Tender board earlier said.

The project expecting completion in eight-months is set to begin by the end of April 2021 and complete by December this year.

The three-phase project, the ministry said, is expected to ease the traffic flow and ensure quick access to surrounding areas.

The highway will get a makeover in a 1.2 km stretch after its intersection with the Arad Highway at Avenue 13 and Avenue 38 in the first phase.

Upon completion, the project will turn the highway into a two-lane street for a distance of 6 kilometres in each direction.

Work ministry said it completed land acquisition over the six-kilometre length and paid over 3.16 million dinars as compensations.

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