New Water Drainage Systems in Muscat




Muscat Municipality continues its service projects aimed at finding sustainable solutions to address the challenges in the water drainage system in Muscat. Recently, the municipality completed the works of the first package of the project to establish a surface water drainage canal in the al Khuwair area on Sultan Qaboos Street, which is the first stage of three stages aimed at solving the problems of water accumulation and its impact on the surrounding area.

The first stage:

The implementation of the canal was completed with a length of (1115) meters, starting from Ministries Street to the main canal in the sea. The canal project included the work of a closed channel with (3) cells, with a total width of (8) meters, and a height of (1) 5) A meter of which is 430 meters as a closed underground canal and 685 meters of it as an open channel at the end of the canal in the Al Sifarat neighbourhood. When establishing this project, the municipality took into account the development of designs that ensure that the necessary precautions are taken into account and the necessary precautions are taken to protect and transport all affected service lines. It conflicts with the channel path.

The second phase:

 On the other hand, the second package of the project has recently been awarded, which will include rehabilitating the service street in the ministries area and increasing the number of lanes. As a prelude to diverting traffic from Sultan Qaboos Street to it (temporarily), with the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the canal adjacent to Sultan Qaboos Street and located on the other side in the commercial district in Al Khuwair, which will be in width ranging from (3-5) meters, with a medium depth of (2) meters and in length. Total (945) meters.


 Work on this stage began in October of the year 2019, and it is expected to complete by mid-year 2021. As the work requires the transformation of many services and taking full account of the crowded traffic movement in the area. On the other hand, it is expected that the third package of the project will be assigned before the end of this year, which will include works to raise the level of Sultan Qaboos Street to a level commensurate with the channels that were previously implemented in the previous stages, as well as The project will include reforestation and beautification works in the area, which will be affected by the construction workers during the various stages.

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