OREANDA-NEWS. The Transportation Infrastructure Business of L&T has bagged a prestigious international order worth 1550 crores from the Ministry of Transport and Communications, Sultanate of Oman, for the construction of a road between Bidbid-Sur Section (Second Phase, First Part).

The scope of L&T's works involves widening of the existing 76 km two-lane road into three-lane dual carriageway, the construction of 10 arch type interchanges, 5 two-cell vehicular underpasses, 7 single-cell pedestrian underpasses and 15 kilometers of linked and service roads along the stretch. The project is scheduled to be completed in 38 months.

When completed, the project will transform the existing single-lane carriageway into an international-class, all-weather motorway, on which vehicles can be driven at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

On winning this unique road project in Oman, Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, Member of the Board and Sr. EVP (Infrastructure and Construction), L&T, said, "This order augers well for L&T's business expansion plans in the infrastructure space in the GCC markets. L&T has been making significant strides in the transportation infrastructure sector both in the International and domestic markets through our well-established capabilities in design, engineering and project execution with top class quality and safety standards."