Iraq: The road linking Faw Port to the submerged tunnel to be completed

Economy
  • 18-01-2025, 17:43
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    INA - BAGHDAD

    The General Company for Ports in the Ministry of Transport announced on Saturday that next February will witness the announcement of the completion of the road linking Faw Port and the submerged tunnel by 100 percent.

    "By February 2025, the completion of the largest section of the road linking Faw Port to the submerged tunnel will be announced, which is 51 km long, with a completion rate of 100%," said the Director General of the company, Farhan Al-Fartousi, in a statement - received by the Iraqi News Agency - INA.

    Al-Fartousi added, "Work on the other sections of the connecting road is proceeding at a good pace, as the completion rates have reached more than 98% in Bridge No.1 and Bridge No.2, which are part of the road project."

    Regarding the submerged tunnel project, he indicated that "the actual floating of the tunnel (i.e. starting to raise the concrete blocks to a level higher than sea level and then starting the process of transporting them in a designated direction) will be soon." 

    PM Muhammed S. Al-Sudani and Minister of Transport Razzaq Muhaibis Al-Saadawi had previously inaugurated the first of the five Faw Port projects, the (Five Berths) project, with a 100% completion rate, and work is proceeding at a good pace on the rest of the other projects in the port.