Corniche closures for next two months as new intersection constructed

A new intersection on the Corniche road will be constructed between the National Theatre Intersection and the Emiri Diwan Intersection, the Public Works Authority announced.

The new intersection is being implemented based on recommendations from the Traffic Congestion Committee and after studying the traffic flow on the Corniche Street.

The new intersection aims to enable Corniche Street users coming from Al Diwan Intersection towards The National Theatre Intersection to either make left-hand turns onto Al Rumailah Street or U-turns to the other side of the street.

Drivers will no longer need to continue until the National Theatre Intersection to then make a U-turn.

Project works also include widening a part of Al Rumailah Street to three lanes instead of two.

Works on the project commence on Saturday 19 September 2015 and will last two months.

Temporary closures will only take place on the lane adjacent to the work zone in the median on Corniche Street.

Those closures will happen only during the night and for a maximum of two hours each time when delivering and unloading the material that will be used onto the median island.

Plastic barriers will be put in place along the kerbstone of the median, which will reduce the width of the lane adjacent to the median by about 40 cm, however the lane will remain open for traffic.

There will also be a closure on one lane to install the electric cables for the new traffic light signal which also takes place during the night hours and on the weekend.

The new intersection on Corniche Str is based on recommendations from the Traffic Congestion Committee after studying traffic flow #Ashghal

— هيئة الأشغال العامة (@AshghalQatar) September 20, 2015