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| Emaar.E.C to construct North-South Coastal Road Emaar, The Economic City (Emaar.E.C), the Tadawul-listed company developing King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC), has awarded a SR 239 million contract to Saudi Binladin Group to undertake construction of the North-South Coastal Road within KAEC. The work on the road is to be completed in nine months. A part of the overall infrastructure of the mega-project's first phase, the North-South Coastal Road connects the areas that are being developed within KAEC. The 13 km road project comprises the 8.4 km N-S Coastal Road with a width of 80 m Right of Way (RoW) and the 4.4 Port Access Road with a width of 100 m RoW. A 200 metre bridge, connecting the future main Wadi diversion, is also part of the project. The agreement with Saudi Binladin Group also includes all relative infrastructure and utility networks, such as portable water, water storm drainage, sewer lines, Low/Medium volt cable and telecommunication. The project will be supervised by Saudi Consultant services and Turner Arabia as Project Managers. King Abdullah Economic City is situated on 168 million sq m of land on the Red Sea coast. The mega-project features six zones – the Sea Port, Industrial Zone, Central Business District, Educational Zone, Resort District and Residential Communities. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |