Road link will play a key role in the economic development of Oman
Value $2.6bn
Owner Ministry of Transport & Communications
Tel: (+968) 2 468 5000
Web: www.motc.gov.om
Oman has ramped up investment in road projects recently as part of an effort to upgrade its transport infrastructure, which lags behind its Gulf neighbours. Under the most recent five-year economic plan, which runs to 2015, a total of RO1.2bn ($3.2bn) has been allotted for road construction.
The largest project currently under way is the Batinah expressway scheme, which will extend the Muscat expressway up to the Oman-UAE border at Khatmat Malaha. The expressway is a particularly challenging road to build, due to the need to traverse the mountains between Muscat and the border.
| Batinah Expressway packages | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Package | Length (km) | Main contractor | Value ($m) |
| 1 | 53 | Galfar Engineering & Contracting | 361 |
| 2 | 45 | Under tender | 370 |
| 3 | 85 | Simplex Infrastructures/Constructor Engineering | 318 |
| 4 | 50 | Larsen & Toubro | 352 |
| 5 | 41 | BATCO Group/Ferrovial | 344 |
| 6 | 45 | Consolidated Contractors Company | 310 |
| Source: MEED Projects | |||
Once complete, the new link is expected to play a key role in furthering Omans economic development.
The ministry is now tendering three further packages on the scheme.
Oman datafile
Full name Sultanate of Oman
Capital Muscat
Area 212,460 square kilometres
Population 3.3 million
Head of state Sultan Qaboos bin Said al-Said (since July 1970)
Currency Omani riyal
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