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Al Wakrah Municipality
has a QR5.47-million
plan for the maintenance
of its streets,
Eng Rashid Al Khalifa, the Director
of Technical Affairs for
the municipality, has disclosed.
He confirmed in an interview
with Qatar Construction Sites
that the current year would witness
the completion of a series
of vital projects on road maintenance
as well as establishment
and development of several
public parks.
The beautification of Al Wukair
main road, undertaken in
stages and estimated to cost
QR6.65 million, is nearing completion.
In addition, beautification
of several roundabouts in
Al Wakrah is being undertaken.
It is expected to cost QR1.30
million.
Three parks at Al Wakrah will be
renovated at a cost of QR3.40
million. A new public park will
be built at Al Wukair, costing
QR5.30 million. Interview in
detail:
What are Al Wakrah Municipality’s
most important projects
to be completed during this
year?
The projects to be completed
during 2012 include the third
phase of the interlock project in
a number of Al Wakrah streets,
costing QR100,000. Other projects
to be completed include
the second phase of the beautification
project of Al Wukair
main road at a cost of QR6.65
million, as well as beautifying
several roundabouts costing
QR1.30 million. Al Wakrah Municipality
also plans to renovate
three parks at a cost of QR3.40
million. A public park is being
built at Al Wukair with the value
of QR5.30 million. The designing
and construction of a public
park at Al Wakrah is also expected
to cost QR5.30 million.
The ongoing projects encompass
Al Wakrah beach development
and building of children’s
playgrounds with a cost of QR2
million.
What about the comprehensive
maintenance of internal
roads in Al Wakrah?
There is an estimated budget
amounting to QR5.47 million,
for the maintenance of internal
roads in Al Wakrah. The project
continues until 2013. The municipality
is implementing the
project using the latest technology.
A pickup vehicle washes
and cleans road signs daily.
A van has all the equipment
needed for quick maintenance
of roads with the cold asphalt
technology to treat excavations
and land dips in few minutes.
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Several key road projects progressing in Al Wakrah
There is an estimated budget amounting to QR5.47 million, for the maintenance of internal roads in Al Wakrah
The development project includes
building bumps where
necessary and maintaining old
bumps by painting them and
adding reflectors to them.
The project covers repairing
damaged sidewalks and maintaining
traffic signs as well as
removing damaged ones replacing
them with new ones in
addition to drawing street lines
and painting sidewalks.
What about damaged streets?
How are they maintained?
There is a periodical scan with
the aid of a PDA device with a
camera which has the capability
to connect to satellites
in order to determine newlydamaged
locations and streets
and help collecting information
which is normally sent using a
special program. The duration
of this contract is 600 days and
the aim of the work is to provide
a thorough study on condi-
tions of streets located in areas
covered. This study facilitates
taking necessary decisions to
enhance the quality of roads.
Follow-up is carried out by a
municipality work crew which
is qualified for this type of business.
The study contains information
on the status of street
conditions such as lights, sidewalks
and road signs.
What about other facilities
and what were the most impor-
Eng Rashid Al Khalifa
tant achievements of last year?
We undertook the maintenance
and renewal of three
parks: Ghasham, Al-Jow and
Al-Uweyna. We have completed
the second stage of labor
accommodation with three
residential buildings consisting
of two floors, a mosque,
a supermarket, gardens, two
playgrounds, one for volleyball
and another for football. All
health and safety requirements
are strictly followed under the
guidance of His Excellency the
Minister of Municipality and
Urban Planning.As for the projects
that were completed last
year, the most important were
the establishment of Plaza No
2 and playground No 3, costing
QR8.12 million. The central island
at Al Wukair main road is
beautified and the first phase of
the project cost QR2.17million.
The establishment of phase
two of labor accommodation
is expected to cost QR1.76 million.
The project of developing
Al Wakrah beach in its three
phases costs QR5 million. The
establishment of Al Wakrah
cemetery is expected to cost
around QR10.80 million and it
is under construction.
In some cases, new projects
negatively affect some facilities:
did the construction of
internal roads affect the availability
of parking spaces for
residents?
The Public Works Authority
(Ashghal) coordinated with the
Al Wakrah Municipality to transfer
sidewalks existing in the design
of narrow internal roads to
parking spaces because streets
are narrow and it is not possible
MunicipaLity FocuS
to establish exclusive parking
spaces unlike in broad streets
that have car parking areas in
their designs.
There are some new areas in
Al Wakrah which have witnessed
growth in population, but their
roads remain unpaved. Are
there plans to pave these roads?
The Public Works Authority also
coordinated with the municipality
on several road construction
projects in new areas in Al
Wakrah. It has executed road
projects in 12 locations at Al
Wakrah with a length of 40 kilometers.
As for streets located
in the area south of Al Wakrah’s
new hospital, work is on for
the establishment of roads of
about 50 kilometers.
It is expected that after the
completion of these two projects,
more than 95% of Al
Wakrah roads would have been
paved.
What about main roads and
building permits?
This year, streets will be paved
in different areas in Al Wakrah
city and Al Wukair with a cost
of 34.90 million. The development
of north and south roads
of Al Wakrah at Zone 1 and
Zone 4 costs 280 million.
The project of connecting houses
to sanitation in different
areas in Al Wakrah costs 5 million
while extending the sewage
system to house connections in
different areas costs 26 million.
Between 2009 and 2011, Al
Wakrah Municipality issued
2284 building permits, 701
permits for total maintenance,
716 permits for construction
completion and 57 demolition
permits.