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Qatar awards first phase of New Orbital Highway

Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has awarded include the contract for the design and construction of the first 45 kilometre phase of the ambitious 180k kilometre New Orbital Highway.
January 13, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Qatar’s Public Works Authority (5840 Ashghal) has awarded include the contract for the design and construction of the First 45 kilometre phase of the ambitious 180k kilometre New Orbital Highway.

The contract, worth about US$900 million, represents around 25 per cent of the highway and has been awarded to a joint-venture between J&P Overseas and J&P Avax.

Ashghal has also awarded other infrastructure contracts on the Al Rayyan road, worth around US$1.2 billion, for road and expressway construction including improved pedestrian footpaths and cycleways, service roads, grade separated interchanges and secondary intersections.

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