challenging than normal:
sensitive areas. Bypasses that were supposed to overcome
these sensitivities faced technical issues, such as crossing old
cemeteries on the Ibra bypass and a very rough mountain range
adjacent to Wadi Al Uqq.
posed another challenge. Service roads had to be constantly
extended to cover new, vacant areas. MOH plans had to be
respected down to the tiniest detail in order to ensure that road
elements, especially at interchanges, did not conflict with access
requirements for the future plots.
and approved by, several stakeholders including the Royal Oman
Police, local authorities, utility owners, the MOH, and the
Planning Authority (formerly known as the Supreme
Committee for Town Planning).