Qatar’s Al Huwailah Link Road opens to public

The Public Works Authority of Qatar Ashghal has opened the 16km-long Al Huwailah Link Road leading to Ras Laffan city.

While the road has been opened for public use, some complementary works are being carried out on the sides of the road simultaneously.

The road link has been upgraded from a single carriageway with one lane in each direction into a dual carriageway with four lanes in each direction, separated by a median.

With the aim of improving traffic safety, streetlights have been put up along with cameras at traffic signals to monitor traffic violations on the four new intersections.

In addition to increasing the number of lanes from one to four in each direction, the improvement work included the setting up of four new intersections.

The road provides an alternative road to Ras Laffan Road that links Ras Laffan and Al Khor Street and serves traffic travelling from and into Ras Laffan Industrial City.

Heavy trucks travelling into and from the Ras Laffan Industrial City is known to cause traffic congestion on the expressway from Doha city to Ras Laffan Industrial City.

The Al Huwailah Link Road is connected to the North Road at Al Huwailah intersection and is an important part of Ras Laffan Industrial City’s future expansion plans.

The infrastructure improvement work on the project also included establishment and development of service networks including storm water drainage network, potable water network, telecommunication network and intelligent transport systems.

The Peninsula quoted project manager Ahmed Shawqi El Warraky as saying: "Given the movement of heavy vehicles on the road from Ras Laffan Industrial City to Al Shamaal Road, we have mixed asphalt in construction materials to achieve longer durability of the asset.

"The road has been designed for a maximum speed of 80km/hour."

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Image: Al Huwailah Link Road leading to Ras Laffan has been converted into a four-lane road. Photo: courtesy of Ashghal.