SR42.34m Contract for Yanbu Road Expansion Inked

YANBU, 21 June 2007 — Prince Saud ibn Abdullah ibn Thunayyan, chairman of the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, yesterday signed a SR42.34 million contract with the Wartha Abdul Rahman Al-Namlah Company for Contracting to expand the King Abdul Aziz Road in Yanbu to a three-lane road in both directions.

The contract also includes construction of sidewalks, central islands with trees, streetlights and signboards. The two-year contract also covers laying of sewage and rainwater drainage pipes and construction of bridges above the drainage canals and service roads from the National Guard signal to the municipal offices.