DOHA: Roads around the new Qatar National Museum is now open for traffic, the Public Works Authority — Ashghal — said yesterday.
The QR79m project is located at the intersection of Doha Corniche with Ras Abu Abboud Street.
As part of the project, an integrated road network was constructed to ensure smooth traffic in the Qatar National Museum area, providing efficient links to the surrounding main roads.
The project included redesigning and constructing of roads surrounding the museum and converting them from one lane to two lanes in each direction, as well as providing specific entrances and exits to facilitate visitors’ access from and to the museum and the commercial and residential places nearby.
The project also provides new street lighting, car parking, safe pedestrian crossings, and cycle paths.
The works also included infrastructure development for the museum area, such as construction of an advanced wastewater system, irrigation systems and general utilities services including electrical lines, drinking water, telecommunications lines, and intelligent transportation systems.
The development of roads and infrastructure in Qatar National Museum Peripheral Roads project is part of Ashghal’s Local Roads and Drainage programme.
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