Eastern Province launches SAR 406M road projects

Prince Saud bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz, Governor of the Eastern Province, inaugurated on Monday six key road projects in the region, with a total cost of SAR 406 million, in the presence of Minister of Transport Saleh Al-Jasser.
 

The projects include the installation of a metal barrier along the road leading to the Empty Quarter border crossing with the Sultanate of Oman. This was in addition to the construction of more than five intersections on the road linking the Dammam–Jubail Highway, the Riyadh–Dammam Highway, and the Dhahran–Uqair–Salwa Road with the Abqaiq Road intersection, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
 

The projects also comprise the construction of a camel crossing bridge and a U-turn bridge on the Abqaiq–Al Ahsa Road, rehabilitation works on the Al Kharj–Haradh Road at various locations, and the development of the intersection of Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Road with the extension of the Riyadh–Dammam Highway.