Saudi transport ministry expects to complete 182 projects in 2018

14/08/2018 Argaam

 

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Transport expects to finish 152 projects covering 4,000 kilometers before the end of this year, ministry spokesman Turki Al Toaimi told Al Arabiya channel.

 

The ministry has allocated a budget of SAR 52 billion for this year’s projects, he said, adding that citizens will be compensated for the land used to build roads through an arbitration committee of experts after conducting the feasibility studies.

 

The transport ministry completed 55 projects in H1 2018 at a total cost of about SAR 5 billion.

 

The projects under-construction for the period amount to 474, of which 67 projects are in Riyadh and 61 in Makkah, while Al-Maddinah and the Eastern Province have 27 projects each.

 

The ministry settled 78 invoices worth a total of SAR 72 million in Q1 2018, while 950 invoices worth SAR 1.2 billion are ready for payment.

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