A road connecting Saudi Arabia with Oman, which has cost almost $533 million, has been officially opened.
The 564km road was inaugurated from the Al-Nathaa Intersection to the Empty Quarter on the Saudi-Oman border.
Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistic Services Engineer Saleh Al Jasser said the new road would boost commercial trade between the two countries and help move pilgrims and Umrah performers from Oman, as well as serving the tourism industry of both countries.
According to a statement from state-run Saudi News Agency, the project involved more than 1.3 million working hours, using 750 heavy equipment pieces that suit the topography of the Empty Quarter desert, while the amount of sand moved to build the road totalled 150 million cubic metres, in addition to 12 million cubic metres of protection from sands and one million cubic metres of asphalt layers.
Oman was the first port of call this week by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he embarked on a tour of Gulf Arab states.
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