A new technique for linemarking roads, which saves time and is particularly environmentally friendly, is about to be introduced to the Middle East as the region prepares to spend billions of dollars on expressways and improved traffic networks.
The robust state of the traffic-related sectors in the Gulf has countless firms eyeing the region. Throughout the Gulf massive road network projects are underway to reduce traffic. Dubai has a host of new projects including a 125 million Emirati dirham ($34 million) ring road connecting Dubai and Abu Dhabi and Dubai and the northern Emirates and Fujairah. Last year Dubai Municipality carried out road projects totaling Dh 446.17 million.
In Bahrain, two superhighways will run from the Durrat Al-Bahrain resort city being built on the south of the island. A new 35-kilometer highway will be built along Bahrain's east coast, past the Shaikh Isa Air Base. It will connect the Askr Roundabout near Alba with the 20-square kilometer city. A second 30-kilometer highway will connect Durrat Al-Bahrain with Shaikh Khalifa in Sulman Highway near Bahrain University's Al-Sakhit campus.
Close to 370 kilometers will be added to Qatar's existing national road infrastructure with four new expressways. The expressways are Salwa-Doha, Dukhan Industrial City-Doha, Doha Expressway-North Road. The roadworks come under the Government's 12.5 billion Qatari riyal infrastructure development over the next seven years.
International companies will feature their roadmarking systems at Gulf Traffic 2003, the Middle East's major vertical conference and exhibition which will be held at the Dubai International Exhibition Center from December 8 – 11. Top industry names already confirmed for Gulf Traffic are Turkey's Isbak, UK's Traffic Signal Ltd and IFS, Quixote from the US, Sharjah-based ABC Industries and 3M from Dubai. — (menareport.com)
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