Ashghal resumes roads, infrastructure works in Duhail South and Umm Lekhba

Doha, Qatar:The Public Works Authority Ashghal continues to implement the first package of the Remaining Roads and Infrastructure Works in Duhail So...

Doha, Qatar: The Public Works Authority ‘Ashghal’ continues to implement the first package of the Remaining Roads and Infrastructure Works in Duhail South and Umm Lekhba.

Eng. Abdulaziz Khalid, the project engineer in the Drainage Networks Projects Department at Ashghal, explained that the first package, upon completion, will serve around 864 residential plots. It aims to improve services provided in the Duhail South and Umm Lekhba areas by upgrading existing local road networks and enhancing traffic safety, in addition to developing the infrastructure networks, to keep pace with population growth in the area.

Package 1 of the Duhail South and Umm Lekhba project is located East of Al Shamal Road and West of Arab League Street, bordered to the North by Al Duhail Street and to the South by Al Khafji Street.

Eng. Abdulaziz Khalid indicated that the project includes the construction of a new road network approximately 22 km long, upgrading the lighting systems and installing 936 light poles, in addition to providing 3,233 parking spaces and implementing landscaping and beautification works.