Awwal 09, 1432, Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- Prince Dr. Mansour Ibn Meteb Ibn Abdulaziz, Minister of Municipalities and Rural Affairs has recently signed 17 contracts for municipal projects totaling SR 698,467,318 with a number of national specialized companies. The projects will be implemented in Makkah, Madinah, Riyadh, and Jeddah including asphalting, lighting, pavements, networks, reservoirs, wells digging, drainage systems of rains and floods, roads maintenance, center establishment, and computer maintenance and operation .