Khaberni - The Ma'an Governorate Public Works Directorate has recently completed the implementation of the maintenance works on the Royal Platform Road with a completion rate of 100 percent, and at a total cost of 369,000 dinars, within the central allocations from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing for improving the road network.
Imran Badour, Ma'an Public Works Director, explained that the directorate completed the maintenance works on the Royal Platform Road within 90 days, within the scheduled timeframe for project completion, which was supervised by the directorate's staff.
He added that the works included repairing damaged sections along 3.5 km, from Dalagha point to Ras Al-Naqab area in the Ma'an governorate, using new asphalt mixtures for the damaged parts of the road, clarifying that the works included milling the old asphalt mixture, conducting necessary injections and patches, and repaving the road with a new asphalt layer to ensure quality improvement and the road's sustainability.
The maintenance work also included enhancing traffic safety elements along the entire 16 km of the road, from the Pavilion triangle towards Ras Al-Naqab, by implementing planning, painting, and installing ground reflectors, in addition to placing warning and guidance signs along the road, to ensure traffic safety in the unlit area, which experiences fog during the winter season.
Badour noted that the project directly contributes to supporting tourism movement in what is known as the Golden Triangle (Petra – Wadi Rum – Aqaba) by improving roads and facilitating the movement of vehicles between the main tourist sites in the governorate and the surrounding areas, in addition to saving travel time, and enhancing traffic flow between tourist destinations.
He emphasized that the implementation of the project is part of the ministry's plan aimed at improving the condition of roads in the kingdom, enhancing traffic safety levels, and facilitating traffic on vital roads, ensuring the safety of road users, contributing to increasing their efficiency, and ensuring their sustainability, and improving the level of infrastructure and services provided to citizens.
