Baghdad – WAA
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani issued new directives on Monday regarding the development road project.
The Prime Minister’s Media Office stated in a statement received by the (INA), “Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani chaired the periodic meeting of the Supreme Committee for the Development Road Project. During the meeting, the project’s developments, progress of work stages, and follow-up of the work of the committees formed regarding energy, gas, electricity, and internet projects were reviewed, which represent an essential part of this major strategic project.”
He added, “The Prime Minister was briefed on the progress rates achieved in the designs of a number of special projects and those attached to the project, including the initial designs for the railway, which have reached 100% completion, and the designs for the highway, which have been completed by 75%.”
The Prime Minister directed – according to the statement – the entity designing the development road project to prepare a schedule for expropriations along the project path, and to determine the approximate cost of those expropriations (governmental and private), with an approximate timetable for the expropriations according to the project implementation stages. He also issued a directive to the personal secretary of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to coordinate with the Ministries of Defense and Interior regarding preparing the vision for securing the entire path of the development road project.
The statement continued, “During the meeting, November 1, 2024 was set as the date for the second meeting of the Quadripartite Committee for the Development Road in Baghdad, consisting of Iraq, Qatar, the Emirates and Turkey, as well as the formation of a committee from the ministries to develop the future vision of each ministry towards the Development Road project and the formation of a committee to prepare a comprehensive study on energy investment along the project path, including the Ministries of Electricity, Oil, Communications and Transport, and to work through coordination with the project’s consultant designer, in addition to indicating the World Bank’s welcome of the government’s initiative to include the project in the Ministry of Planning.”