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    • Muscat Metro rail survey to begin in March

    By on March 7, 2022
    Muscat Metro Rail project
    Muscat Metro Rail project

    Muscat: A feasibility study for a metro rail network in Muscat Governorate will begin on March

    According to Eng. Ibrahim bin Hamood Al Waili, the director of the Office of the Follow Up Unit for the Implementation Plan for the National Urban Development Strategy at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (MOHUP), “It is likely that by 2040, the population of Oman will reach about 7.5million. Based on estimates under the urban development strategy, there will be about one million people in Muscat Governorate. From this point of view, it is important that we diversify the means of transportation. This includes a metro network, which will serve as an alternate means of transportation for people.”

    The feasibility study for the metro project will begin this month, he added, and will run for 12 months, after which the routes for the metro will be determined.

    “The metro will run from the Wilayat of Seeb to Ruwi in the Wilayat of Muttrah, passing through several wilayals of the capital,” he added.

    “The structural plan for the metro will include the urban plan of the city, and how that will affect the metro route, Following this study, we will also be able to decide whether the metro will be built above ground or underground.”

    The committee charged with the feasibility study is headed by Khamis Al Shammakhi, Undersecretary of Transport at the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (MTCIT). This committee will decide how the metro will be built and also look into its economic feasibility.

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