Capital, Sana'a,... Ongoing & Efforts for Maintenance & Restoration of Streets

Saba Yemen

16-03-2025

Sana'a - Saba:
The Capital, Sana'a, is currently undergoing intensive rehabilitation, maintenance, and paving of several main streets, tunnels, and flood channels.
The work is being carried out by teams from the Executive Unit for the Construction, Maintenance, and Development of Roads and Public Places, with funding from the local authority.
Over the past two weeks, the Executive Unit's field teams have laid new asphalt layers, leveled, compacted, and restored a number of dilapidated streets and sections, and addressed potholes, depressions, and undulations.
The layers cover an area of 8,250 square meters, and repairs 1,466 square meters, and the holes were filled with 196 tons of hot asphalt.
The emergency restoration and maintenance projects and works implemented by the unit in various directorates of the capital included the rehabilitation and maintenance of Amran Street in the Thawra Directorate, starting from the Clock Tunnel and Bridge, passing through Television Street to the beginning of the Amran Roundabout Bridge, with an area of 6,750 square meters, new layers and 30 tons of asphalt to fill the holes, in addition to the restoration of the Clock Tunnel.
The projects also included the maintenance and restoration of "Safar, Iran and Beirut" streets in the Hadda area of the As-Sab'een district, with an area of 600 square meters, as well as the restoration of Madbah Street in the Ma'in district, with an area of 1,500 square meters, an asphalt layer, and 390 restoration works.
The periodic, emergency and preventive maintenance work carried out by the technical teams targeted filling potholes and erosion with hot asphalt on the streets of Al-Khamsin, Al-Arbaeen, Hadda, Al-Zubairi, Al-Daeri, Taiz, Bab Al-Yemen and Bab Al-Salam, Al-Muayyad and Al-Kabsi in Al-Jarraf, Al-Jamna and Al-Matar, as well as cleaning and removing waste from the targeted streets.
The capital's mayor, Dr. Hamoud Abbad, stated that the projects are a translation of the directives of the leader of the revolution, the implementation of the directives of the Supreme Political Council, and the program of the Government of Change and Construction, to raise the level of performance, provide services, and implement projects that touch the lives of citizens, contribute to meeting their needs, and advance local development.
He stressed the continued implementation of service and development projects funded by local authorities within the framework of sustainable development plans and programmes that seek to improve basic services across various directorates.
Abbad stressed the need to intensify efforts and continue emergency repairs to main and side streets, as well as to address potholes and limit their expansion, thus facilitating traffic flow, especially during the holy month of Ramadan.
He urged the Public Works Sector, the Executive Unit, and field teams to expedite the implementation and completion of road restoration and rehabilitation works and projects in accordance with technical specifications, ensuring the quality and long-term sustainability of the roads.
The Capital Mayor highlighted the importance of implementing projects to rehabilitate and improve streets, as part of the emergency efforts and interventions undertaken by the Capital Municipality to maintain the road, bridge, and tunnel network and prepare for the rainy season.
For his part, the Secretariat's Undersecretary for the Works and Projects Sector, Engineer Abdul Karim Al-Houthi, noted that technical teams affiliated with the Executive Unit for Road Maintenance have carried out extensive asphalt maintenance and repair work since the beginning of Ramadan as part of emergency rehabilitation and maintenance projects for streets and tunnels funded by the Capital Secretariat.
He stressed the need to continue implementing asphalt projects and repairs on all affected streets in accordance with technical standards, noting the efforts and work being carried out by the Executive Unit's field teams in various directorates.
He stated that periodic and emergency maintenance work includes removing damaged layers, treating cracks, resurfacing dilapidated streets and sections, filling potholes, and adding new asphalt layers to ensure the sustainability of the streets.
The Houthi deputy stressed the importance of maintaining and renovating streets, tunnels, and bridges to preserve the asphalt and facilitate traffic flow, as part of efforts to improve the capital's infrastructure.
For his part, the Deputy Director of the Executive Unit, Engineer Ali Muhraqa, explained that technical teams have begun field work since the beginning of Ramadan to restore and maintain streets and rehabilitate dilapidated sections with new asphalt layers in various directorates.
He pointed to the intensification of efforts and the rapid pace of work to implement and complete all service projects and works in accordance with technical specifications, appreciating the support and interest of the Capital, Sana'a leadership and the follow-up and supervision of the Projects and Works Sector over the projects implemented by the Executive Unit.
Engineer Muhraqa confirmed that field teams are continuing to repair, maintain, and asphalte damaged sections and excavate roads in the districts of Al-Thawra, Ma'in, Al-Sab'een, Al-Wahda, and others, in accordance with the work plan and emergency intervention program.