Royal Commission for Riyadh lines up upgrades for Wadi Laban cable bridge: The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has awarded an estimated SAR 4 bn (USD 1 bn) design-and-build contract to a JV formed by Turkish contractor IC Ictas and local contractor Al Rashid Trading & Contracting Company for upgrades to Riyadh’s Wadi Laban cable bridge, MEED reported last week. RCRC received bids from contractors in early January. No timeline for upgrades was disclosed in MEED’s report.

What’s the plan? The project looks to ease traffic congestion around the western ring road in the area extending from Ibn-Hazm Road to Jeddah Road, and includes construction of an intersection at Jeddah Road.

About the bridge: The 763 meters span, 35 meters wide bridge was completed in 1997 and has two 14-meter wide carriageways.

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