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Makkah Municipality continues infrastructure upgrades across the city

Makkah Municipality is pressing ahead with projects to improve roads, public facilities, and parks as part of ongoing infrastructure upgrades.

Makkah Municipality continues infrastructure upgrades across the city

The Makkah Municipality continues its efforts to upgrade infrastructure across the city, focusing on roads, public facilities, and parks. Recent operations include laying asphalt, applying road markings, installing paving and curbstones, painting and sanding concrete surfaces, and fitting curbstones. The municipality has also carried out routine maintenance on 194 bridges, sanded and painted concrete surfaces, installed interlock and slipform paving, and added curbstones.

In the facilities and tunnels sector, work has covered 26 pedestrian bridges, 81 public restrooms, and one vehicle impound lot. This includes servicing 1,820 lighting towers and poles, cleaning 5,344 meters of tunnels, and maintaining 42 fire alarm and suppression systems. Parks and landscaping efforts involve mowing 8,000 square meters of green areas, trimming and pruning 718 trees, and cutting and shaping 11,620 square meters of hedges.

These field operations are part of an ongoing program of integrated operations and maintenance projects, aimed at enhancing infrastructure efficiency and ensuring the readiness of public facilities. The continuous operational plans continue to contribute to the improvement of roads and facilities, as well as the enhancement of the quality of services provided in Makkah.

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