Corniche Road road works finish two week ahead of time
The Corniche Road will be fully open for traffic from Sunday, with completion of work on Sheraton and Dafna intersections, the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has said.
Work has been completed two weeks ahead of the schedule, Ashghal said.
It also announced new diversions from Thursday in order to carry out final work on the two intersections, which include laying the final asphalt layer and activating traffic lights.
To complete the final stages of laying asphalt, Ashghal will close part of the Corniche Street from Sheraton junction to Dafna junction, including a stretch of road between Dafna intersection and City Centre.
Effective from 4pm, vehicles moving on Corniche Street towards Sheraton intersection will be required to turn left on Al Funduq Street and take Omar Al Mukhtar Street and then turn right to access the Diplomatic area.
Motorists moving from the Diplomatic area to Dafna and Sheraton intersection will be required to turn right, and then turn left along Omar Al Mukhtar Street to access Corniche Street via Al Funduq Street.
As part of the closure, vehicles exiting City Centre parking will be required to go left and take the road ahead towards Omar Al Mukhtar Street or turn right towards the Diplomatic area.
Motorists on Corniche Street going towards the area of the Ministry of Justice, Doha Bank, Ashghal and Kahramaa buildings will need to take left from Sheraton Intersection and follow Al Funduq Street towards Omar Al Mukhtar Street and then turn right to access these locations.
Ashghal deployed some 60 machines and 600 workers round the clock to complete the project.
In addition to converting the roundabouts to signalised intersections and expanding parts of Corniche Street, the project also included extending infrastructure, such as treated sewage effluent pipes on Corniche Street’s median and old roundabouts locations.
Sheraton and Dafna are the last two roundabouts on Corniche Street that have been converted to signalised intersections.
Source: The Peninsula | Image: shahazadkm
