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New road network projects approved
By Yasmin Al-Hamad
highway Okaz Published in The Saudi Gazette on 24 - 01 - 2009


The Ministry of Transport has approved a road network of 8,250 km across the Kingdom in this year's budget worth SR11.533 billion. The road projects include a road network of 2,118 km of farm and village roads worth SR1.47 billion. The ministry set aside 83.9 million for studies and designs of 2,047 km of highways. The projects will improve exit 2 and 17 on the Riyadh ring road, the 2nd Makkah ring roads at the Tantabawi Street, and continue work on the second phase of the Jizan

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