Jeddah Mayoralty has started erecting street lampposts and re-asphalting the main roads and streets in the unplanned districts that were hit by floods two months ago. A precise plan and schedule for the repair of streets in flood-hit districts has been drawn up. According to the mayoralty's schedule, the repair of streets in Umm Al-Khair, Al-Mosa'idiah and Al-Muntazahat districts will be completed by March 31 while work which started last week on Old Makkah Road from Kilo 4 to Kilo 14 is expected to be completed by Feb. 26. Repair of the service road east of King Abdulaziz University has been completed and the road has been re-opened to traffic. In addition, 530 square meters of Bakhashab Road in Al-Jamea district have been re-asphalted. Ahmad Muhammad Al-Ghamdi, Director of the Information Center in Jeddah Mayoralty, said potholes were filled with soil and re-asphalted on Prince Mit'eb, King Abdul Aziz and Prince Majed streets requiring 291 square meters of asphalt with a thickness of 5 cm. He said repair work is underway on Jack Street where the old asphalt layer has been scraped off and the damaged median island removed. He said 1,350 square meters of damaged asphalt was removed and 250 cubic meters of substrata were spread before re-asphalting work was undertaken. “The cleaning and repair work in Quwaizah District was carried out with the removal of 4,300 cubic meters of waste material,” Al-Ghamdi said. The cleaning and removal of waste material from Wadi Qows Street, which is perpendicular to Jack Street, was undertaken in preparation for repairing the asphalt cover swept away from Al-Mehameed neighborhood, particularly on Al-Harazat road leading to Old Makkah Road. More than 6,750 cubic meters of waste material were removed. The mayoralty has completed asphalt patch work for the damaged segments of Prince Mit'eb, King Abdul Aziz and Prince Majed streets and has repaired the road east of Bariman Bridge by replacing the damaged asphalt layer, he said. The western service road of Al-Haramain Road has been cleaned by removing 7,500 cubic meters of waste material. The pool of stagnant water which extended from Al-Ajaweed Street to Al-Sanabil Street was filled with 3,200 cubic meters of soil. Al-Ghamdi said efforts of Jeddah Mayoralty will continue until the damage caused by the heavy rains and floods in Jeddah's districts is repaired.
