Khaberni - The Public Works Ministry begins collecting fees for transit services for every vehicle passing through the fare gate on the road located between Qasr Amra and Harrana towards the Saudi border "Harrana–Omari", starting from Monday morning.
The ministry has set the fare at (850) fils per small vehicle, and (2) dinars and (500) fils for trucks and foreign vehicles, with exemptions for government and military vehicles, public security and civil defense vehicles, ambulances, and official delegation vehicles, as well as any other vehicles determined by the minister from paying the fees.
The ministry affirmed that the fees will be collected through various payment methods, either in cash or via approved electronic payment methods.
This project is part of the ministry's plan aimed at developing the national road network and enhancing its efficiency, ensuring smoother traffic flow, and enhancing the quality of services provided to road users.
The road underwent a comprehensive rehabilitation process that included the removal of old asphalt layers, implementation of a new asphalt mix according to the highest international technical specifications, and enhancement of traffic safety elements along the route.
The works also included maintenance of the concrete bridge in the Muwaqqar industrial area, and equipping it with solar-powered lighting poles, in line with environmental sustainability standards.
Harrana–Omari road serves as a practical model for the concept of toll-alternate roads, chosen after the completion of comprehensive infrastructure development works for this road, and for the free alternative represented by the Azraq–Zarqa–Omari road, which also underwent a comprehensive rehabilitation project that included expanding it to four lanes separated by a central island and equipped with lighting, making it fully prepared to handle high-efficiency traffic without any fees.
The Public Works Ministry, in a statement on Saturday, indicated that the operation of the Harrana–Omari road project will be managed entirely by its staff, after appointing and training a number of youth from the areas surrounding the site, in support of local development and job creation.
The ministry also confirmed that the toll-alternate roads project does not mean imposing fees on the current roads used by the citizens, as these roads will remain completely free and will not be included in the project, indicating that the goal is to create a new system of modern roads that offer drivers multiple options, where every toll road has a ready-to-use free alternative.
The ministry clarified that the Harrana–Omari experiment represents the first step towards implementing the concept of toll-alternate roads, as technical and financial studies for similar future projects are currently being prepared, to be an attractive model for investment in the transport and infrastructure sector.
This project's implementation is part of the government's direction towards smart and sustainable management of roads, enabling users to choose the most suitable path according to their priorities in terms of time and cost, and it contributes to reducing the pressure on main roads, minimizing fuel consumption and carbon emissions.
The application of the toll-alternate roads concept represents an important step towards stimulating investments in the sector, expanding the national road network, and achieving a developmental leap in the areas these projects pass through.
The ministry concluded by confirming that there are no open and currently used roads that will be part of the toll roads, and that the move towards future projects within the toll-alternate roads program will be limited to creating new roads or completing major ring road projects, such as the Amman Development Road and the Irbid Ring Road, which enhance the transport infrastructure and serve the economic and logistical development goals in the kingdom.
