As part of Package 4 scope, the upgrading works included infrastructure development in addition to developing main roads like Al Wakalat Street and Al Karajat Street, along with other intersecting streets located in between, like Streets Nos 23, 25, 26, and 28. This comes as part of Ashghal’s commitment to improve traffic flow and ease congestion in the Industrial Area.
Speaking about the benefits of the project, Yafei said, "The development works in this package serve 679 plots, including retail stores and workshops, as they provide access to shops and residential properties. As part of the scope, nine km of roads were upgraded, whilst providing road safety elements, constructing 849 car parks, and providing lighting systems and road signs, with 286 lighting poles being installed. Moreover, signalized intersections were constructed on Al Wakalat Street, Al Karajat Street and Streets 15 and 23.” "The Roads and Infrastructure Project in Doha Industrial Area - Package 4 provided infrastructure utility lines, as the scope involved constructing a 16.3 km groundwater and stormwater drainage network,” Yafei added.
Remaining works within this package will include finishing off laying the final layers of asphalt, road markings work and connecting some electrical and other utility services’ cables to the side of the street, he added. The authority relied on local manufacturers and materials in most of the project’s works, with the local component comprising 90 percent of total materials used.
Qatari resources will be used to supply items such as gabbro, lighting poles and lamps, road signs, foul sewer and stormwater pipes, concrete and precast manholes, in addition to concrete and reinforcing steel.