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Gulf Times
Sunday, November 9, 2014

QATAR
SCH launches dental health pogramme

he
Supreme
Council
of
Health (SCH) has
launched the national
orthodontic health programme, A bright smile

for a bright future.

The programme is being conducted for the
third consecutive year in
co-operation with Colgate Palmolive Arabia.

The programme will

run for eight weeks to
raise awareness among
some 8,796 students
(Class I and II) in 43
schools.

Three major road projects in

Qatar to cost over QR9.4bn
By Ramesh Mathew
Staff Reporter

hree major ongoing

road
development
projects in the country
will cost the exchequer over
QR9.4bn, according to the
annual report of the Public
Works Authority (Ashghal)
published recently.
These three projects are
the 9.9km Dukhan Road
(East) between Bani Hajer
interchange and Tilted interchange (near Sidra), the Lusail Expressway project and
the North Road corridor between Duhail and Al Shamal.
Construction of Dukhan
Road (East) between Bani
Hajer interchange and Tilted interchange is being done
at more than QR3.70bn. The
work includes the construction of approximately 6.5km
of the dual carriageway road
as the mainline of Dukhan
Road (East) and 3.4km of Al
Gharafa Road, it reported.
The mainline for Dukhan
Road (East) consists of eight
lanes with service roads
and auxiliary lanes. Dukhan
Road (East), along with
Dukhan Road (Central), will
pave the way for the ambitious eight-lane East-West
highway, which includes six
multi-level interchanges on
the route, it is pointed out.
The project, expected to
be completed in 2017, also
includes the laying of nearly
10km of micro tunnel for
drainage, the report said.
Similarly, the Lusail Expressway project being executed along West Bay and
covering
approximately
5.3km, will cost the government QR3.57bn.
The road being built with

An artists impression of Lusail Expressway project.

four lanes in each direction
has provisions for three interchanges at Onaiza, Al
Wahdah (near Exhibition
Centre) and on the access
towards The Pearl-Qatar.
The
highway,
when
completed, will ease trafc movement towards The
Pearl-Qatar, Katara the
Cultural Village, Lusail City
and Diplomatic Club.
The work that began in
2012 is expected to be over in
the second quarter of 2017.
The enhancements being made on the North Road
corridor between Duhail
and Al Shamal will get over
in the last quarter of 2016.
The main carriageway of
the road will be increased
from the present four to ve
lanes between Duhail and
Al Khartiyat. There will be
dedicated cycle tracks and

pedestrian access bridges

along the route, according
to the construction plans.

Improvements will be
made at 11 existing junctions
and two new interchanges

will also be developed.

The project is expected to
cost QR2.16bn.