HE the Minister of Works. Eng. Essam bin Abdulla Khalaf toured the Central Governorate’s 4th Constituency, accompanied by MP Isa Al Qadhi, Acting Roads Assistant Undersecretary Eng. Raed Al Salah and a number of citizens and engineers from the Ministry. During the tour, the Minister listened to MP Al Qadhi’s comments related to the installation of traffic signals on a number of intersections for the purpose of increasing safety levels at those intersections. Al Qadhi also discussed increasing parking spaces near Fatima Mosque, paving the parking spaces around Abi Talhat Al Ansari Mosque on Road 1406; Block 814, increasing parking spaces for Al Radwan Mosque in Block 812, and considering the entrances and exits at the fourth Constituency and the possibility of creating new entrances to alleviate traffic.

 

The Minister also visited the different blocks at the 4th Constituency to look into the possibility of using the lands that have been acquired as a public road. He also discussed the revamp of the road overlooking Jerusalem Avenue, and visited the Eskan Bank housing project to study the entrances and exits to the project. In addition, the Minister discussed ways of making the exit from the petrol station belonging to the Consumer Society safer to road users. Other road related issues were also highlighted, including the installation of a traffic signal along the Intersection of Muscat Avenue and Road 1218, the entrances and parking lot along Road 1436 Block 814, the entrances and exits on Road 1332 Block 813, the exit from Badir Al Kubra School, and the intersections on Doha Avenue. As for sanitary projects, the Minister referred to ways of solving the issue of rain water drainage on some roads in the 4th Constituency.