The road linking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman was opened, with a distance of 564 kilometers from the intersection of Al Batha Road to the Empty Quarter outlet on the Saudi-Omani border, at a cost of one billion nine hundred and seven million five hundred and seventy thousand riyals.

This project, linking the two countries, is considered an engineering marvel implemented by the Ministry of Transport and Logistics, given the difficult terrain and harsh climate in the Empty Quarter. And facilitate the movement of pilgrims and tourists.

The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Engineer Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, stressed the keenness of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on everything that contributes to strengthening cooperation with Arab countries, noting that the memorandum of understanding recently signed between the Saudi Ministry of Transport and Logistics and the Omani Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology last November will have The significant impact on raising the efficiency of road operation and its sustainability, in addition to enhancing safety levels on it, in accordance with the highest international standards.

The number of working hours on the project amounted to more than one million three hundred thousand hours, the number of equipment used was 750, the volume of sand displaced to implement the road was 150 million cubic meters, the volume of sand protection materials was 12 million cubic meters, and the volume of the asphalt layers reached one million cubic meters.

The road was also provided with all means of traffic safety, including lighting the last 30 km section, to facilitate the movement of road users with ease and safety.

It is noteworthy that the Saudi Ministry of Transport and Logistics; By completing the implementation of the road project linking the Kingdom and the Sultanate of Oman, it will have completed its direct link with all the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council in ways of a high level of quality and safety. This port will also contribute to achieving the objectives of the national strategy for transport and logistics services, which aims to consolidate the Kingdom’s position as a global logistics center. Reaching the Kingdom to be among the top 10 countries in the world, in the logistic performance index, and the project will contribute to improving the local, regional and international connectivity of trade and transport networks, in addition to its contribution to enabling the achievement of the goals of a number of national sectors such as the Hajj and Umrah sector and the tourism sector, by facilitating the movement of travelers It is expected that this road will contribute to increasing the volume of trade exchange between the two countries, which exceeded 10 billion riyals in 2020.