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Tribune News Network
Doha
AS part of the Khalifa Avenue project, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has opened a new flyover on Bani Hajer Interchange that will provide free flow of traffic coming from Doha towards Al Rayyan.
The flyover will largely ensure less transit time and create better traffic since road users on Khalifa Avenue can have a direct access to Al Rayyan Road, sparing the diversions existed in the area around.
The new overpass is 1.15 kilometres long and comprises two lanes that will alleviate traffic pressure and improve movement in the local surroundings and the congested and populous areas like Bani Hajer, Al Gharrafa and Al Rayyan. It will also serve various vital facilities like Qatar Foundation's Education City where thousands of students head for diverse colleges.
On the occasion, Ashghal's Highway Department Project Engineer Abdullah Qassim stressed that accomplishing the flyover that connects traffic from Doha with Al Rayyan is part of several openings that happened on Khalifa Avenue project, indicating that up to now Ashghal has opened 6.1 kilometres and Gharrafat Al Rayyan Roundabout along with major parts of Bani Hajer Interchange.
"The new flyover comes after consecutive openings of Bani Hajer Interchange, while minor sections are not fulfilled yet, including the link road from Dukhan towards Al Rayyan along with the Camel Bridge," he added.
It is noteworthy that approximately 70 percent of Khalifa Avenue construction works have been accomplished, and the whole project is due to be completed by Q1, 2020.
As a vital location, Ashghal converted Bani Hajer Roundabout into a three-level interchange that enabled free movement for approximately 1,500 vehicles per hour. As a result, the junction has become a key access point for three major arteries of Khalifa Avenue, Dukhan Road and Al Rayyan Road along with the populated areas around.
Ashghal had earlier opened sections of Bani Hajer Interchange, involving an underpass, which links Bani Hajer with Al Rayyan anda 1.3-km Link Bridge between Al Rayyan and Dukhan.
Ashghal also opened two right ramps: one receives travellers coming from Doha to Bani Hajer via Khalifa Avenue and the other leads travellers coming from Bani Hajer to Dukhan via Al Shahama Street.
Two more loops connecting with Bani Hajer Underpass were opened to link traffic coming from Dukhan to Bani Hajer and from Bani Hajer to Doha in addition to a right turn to exit commuters coming from Al Rayyan Road to Khalifa Avenue towards Doha.
Ashghal had also opened in December 2017 a 3.1 kilometre-long section of the main carriageway of Khalifa Avenue that stretches from west of Tilted Interchange to east of Bani Hajer Interchange.
The opening alleviated traffic congestion on the main road and the local approaches in Al Gharrafa and Bani Hajer and improving traffic movement for the residents there.
Ashghal also opened Al Wajba Bridge after upgrading the old bridge from two lanes to three lanes, allowing for better traffic flow. The authority opened Al Wajba Bridge after upgrading the old bridge from two lanes to three lanes, allowing for better traffic flow.
Khalifa Avenue project runs from the AlWajbah Palace Interchange (west) to the Tilted Interchange (east) and along AlGharrafa Road from AlRayyan Street (south) to Thani Bin Jassim Street (north).
The project works include the construction of approximately 11.6-km of dual carriageway with four lanes in each direction replacing a three-lane way besides seven major free-flowing interchanges, service roads and auxiliary lanes along sections of the road and cycle, pedestrian and camel lanes.
