{
  "id": 16861330,
  "title": "Mecca opens new ring road extension, cutting travel times to Grand Mosque by up to 90%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/mecca-opens-new-ring-road-extension-cutting-travel-times-to-grand",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T05:44:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/saudi/mecca-opens-new-ring-road-extension-cutting-travel-times-to-grand-mosque-by-up-to-90-1.500726316"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: Saudi Arabia has opened a major extension of Mecca’s Third Ring Road, cutting travel times to the Grand Mosque and the Jamarat facility in Mina by up to 90 per cent, the Royal Commission for Mecca City and Holy Sites announced. The newly opened section forms part of a project to complete the Third Ring Road, one of four major ring roads surrounding the holy city, aimed at easing congestion…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}