Doha: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has completed Umm Birkah Package Treatment Plant (PTP) access road and opened it to traffic.
The project costing over QR16m provides a direct link between the plant in Umm Birkah and the main road from Al Khor to Ras Laffan Industrial City, through a 2km road with two lanes in each direction.
The road has very safe entrances connecting it to Ras Laffan main road, and ends with a roundabout with three exits serving the treatment plant gates.
The project included construction of six concrete tunnels to protect Qatar Petroleum’s gas pipes in the area, three tunnels for storm water pipes, road pavement works, street lighting, signage and safety requirements in addition to telecommunications and Kahramaa connections and preparing designated areas for future public services.
Ashghal implemented the project with a capacity of 10,000 cubic metres a day as part of a plan to stop sewage transportation through tankers to the liquid waste lagoon facility at Al Karaana to close it. The plan also included construction of new units to receive sewage tankers in the existing and new treatment plants, beside sewage from areas not connected to sewers until the completion of drainage projects in the areas. Treated water from the Umm Al Birkah plant would help in irrigation for Al Rakia fodder farm.
The Peninsula
