Roads in the Kingdom

Riyadh, 21 September 07

The Saudi officials have been giving a great attention to the sector of roads in the Kingdom.

Road projects with a length of more than 50,000 kilometer have so far been implemented.

The major roads include Makkah-Madinah with an area of 421 kilometer, Jeddah-Makkah (60km), Riyadh-Sudeir-Qassim (317 km), Riyadh-Dammam (383 km), Riyadh-Taif (750 km), Madinah-Tabuk (680 km) and Qassim-Hail (305 km).

The ministry of transport is currently implementing a number of road projects notably the highways with a length of 24,200 kilometer at a total cost of sr 24 billion.

Meanwhile, the ministry has signed contracts for the maintenance of these roads. This year more than SR 1.6 billion were allocated for the maintenance of the roads.