The link road between Hamad Port and Truck Route from the Orbital Highway to the Port, which opened on Monday.
The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has announced to open many roads under its New Orbital Highway and Truck Route project in coming months. The new road projects would save the times of motorists significantly.
Next April is planned to witness partial openings of some roads, as part of the project. They are Mesaieed Road and The Orbital Highway phase extending from the East West Corridor to Dukhan Highway through Salwa Road.
Saad bin Ahmad Al Muhannadi, President of the Public Works Authority stressed that the New Orbital Highway is so crucial that it would cut travel time by 50 percent and accommodate freely over 1500 trucks per hour.
A link road between the New Hamad Port and the Truck Route opened on Monday, as part of the New Orbital Highway and Truck Route project . The road leading to Hamad Port, the first milestone of the Orbital Highway Project:
The new road includes four lanes in each direction in order to accommodate the heavy goods vehicles movement from and to the port, which reaches more than 2,500 vehicle per day. The road also provides uninterrupted transit to Hamad Port, Mesaieed, Al Wakra, and the Temporary Truck Route. This will be reflected positively on the trade movement from and to the New Hamad Port up to Abu Samra Border Post through the future phases of the Orbital Highway and Salwa Road, which will enhance Hamad Port’s position as a regional hub for the movement of goods, Ashghal said yesterday.
The roads expected to be opened for traffic partially next July are the he Orbital Highway phase extending from Dukhan Highway to Al Gharrafa Road, the Orbital Highway phase located between Mesaieed Road and the East West Corridor, the road linking between the Northern entrance of Hamad Port and the Industrial Area, the road linking between Dukhan Highway and Al Mazrooah Road and the Orbital Highway phase extending from Dukhan Highway to the West of Al Shamal Road, near Al Khor City
The project also includes the construction of 21 main interchanges, including tunnels and flyovers, connecting the Orbital with the highways and main roads such as the East West Corridor, Salwa Road, Dukhan Highway, and Al Shamal. This will significantly enhance the flow of traffic and shorten the journey times by around 50% on average, compared to the time spent in the same journey using the existing roads.
The Orbital Highway reduce traffic congestion in Doha.
Upon completion, the New Orbital Highway project will provide fast and direct roads linking between the most important areas of economic activity in the country, including Mesaieed, New Hamad Port, Dukhan, Al Khor, and Ras Laffan. This will eliminate the need to pass through the main residential areas in Al Wakra, Doha, Al Khor, which will have a great positive impact on reducing traffic congestion in those areas as well as reducing air pollution.
The Orbital Highway enhances traffic safety by the separating heavy vehicles movement
The project design includes construction of a dual carriageway that consists of seven lanes in each direction. It includes a unique feature which is separating lanes of heavy vehicles from lanes of cars and other vehicles by providing five lanes for cars and light vehicles, and two lanes for heavy vehicles in each direction. This will play an important role in enhancing traffic safety and reducing accidents through separating movement of fast cars from that of relatively slow vehicles, which will increase flow of traffic and movement of goods throughout the country. The road is designed to accommodate up to 1500 Heavy Good Vehicles per hour in each direction.
