Doha: The Public Works Authority, Ashghal, yesterday announced a temporary traffic diversion in Al Gharrafa as part of ongoing work to upgrade Al Gharaffa Street.
Commencing from Friday, a southbound detour will be effective the street from Al Gharrafa Roundabout to Tilted Roundabout on three lanes next to North Gharrafa Detour (northbound carriageway). For smooth traffic around the construction area, Tilted Roundabout road has been widened to three lanes for smooth traffic leaving the southbound detour.
Gharrafa Roundabout has been widened to three lanes during construction of North Gharrafa Detour, now open to traffic.
The additional modifications have been done to improve safety and road conditions for motorists on the previously opened diverted section.
Ashghal said Northbound Detour on Al Gharrafa Street would be unaffected by the changes. Existing southbound traffic from Gharaffa Roundabout to Al Telal Street to access Al Khawarizmi Primary Independent Girls School and Sudanese School for Boys or Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP) and Sidra hospital, will be required to follow signs from Gharrafa Roundabout to the first new junction on Southbound Detour.
The first junction on the right will include a traffic island and guide traffic onto a short two-way link connecting the junction with that on Al Telal Street.
Traffic leaving Al Telal Street can turn left to reach the new junction or right to Al Gharrafa Street. Traffic turning left from Al Telal Street will turn right at the service junction to Detour to reach Tilted Roundabout. At Tilted Roundabout, traffic will be required to take a U-turn if travelling towards North Road. This is the preferred route for traffic from Al Telal Street to reach Tilted Junction.
Taking a right turn from Al Telal Street will allow traffic heading south to access QSTP.
This section will be made one-way and will act as a service road to carry traffic leaving QSTP and Sidra to Luqta Street.
Traffic to Doha will turn right, using a new alternative route to get on Luqta Street and continue straight to Shaqab Roundabout where it can take a U-turn.
Expected to be operational until August 2016, southbound detour is an essential diversion to commence upgrading of the existing Al Gharaffa route and complete diversion of underground utilities.
Upgrading will involve construction of a four-lane underpass in both directions with a central median island and an interchange junction replacing the previous two lanes for north and southbound traffic. Al Gharrafa Street upgrading is part of Ashghal’s Dukhan Highway East expressway project which runs from Bani Hajer Interchange (west) to Titled Interchange (east).
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