Oman to build its longest dual carriageway for OMR 258

Oman to build its longest dual carriageway: Oman’s Transport, Communications, and Information Technology Ministry (MTCIT) has inked three agreements with three Omani-Saudi consortiums to continue the development of Sultan Said bin Taimour Road at an investment cost north of OMR 258 mn, the Oman News Agency reports. The 400 km dual carriageway — set to be Oman’s longest — will be built over 36 months.

Who’s doing what? Each of the three consortiums will be responsible for about a third of the development, according to a statement. Oman’s Al Sarooj Construction Company and Saudi firm Rawaf Contracting Company will be responsible for a 132.5 km stretch of the road, Gulf Oman Company and KSA’s Koom AlFahd Trading, Industry & Contracting will take up another 132.5 km stretch, and a consortium comprising Omani construction firm Galfar Engineering and Contracting and Saudi Al-Omair Trading & Contracting will lead for the remaining 135 km section of the road.

Expanding existing infrastructure: These three sections will complete the dualization of the Sultan Said bin Taimour Road from Adam to Haima, which already has 317 kilometers of dual carriageway. The move is expected to fortify road connectivity between Oman’s northern and southern reaches.

Familiar faces: MTCIT contracted Galfar Engineering and Contracting last March for the dualization of the Izki-Nizwa carriageway project in Al Dakhiliyah Governorate. Al Rawaf Contracting Company signed on to help build a logistics city in the Khuzam development for Saudi’s National Housing Company earlier this year. Meanwhile, Al Sarooj Construction Company is overseeing the design and construction of Oman’s Diba-Lima-Khasab road project.