Work is moving at a steady pace on the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project between Jordan’s capital of Amman and the city of Zarqa, with 53% of work on the line complete, Jordanian officials have said.
Citing a senior official, a report by the Jordan Times, stated that the project is likely to completed within the next 18 months. The urban transport project in Irbid and Zarqa also included the restructuring of networks and the rehabilitation of infrastructure in the second half of 2020, the report added.
Furthermore, Secretary General of the Ministry of Transport Wisam Tahtamouni said the value of implementing the project’s four stages has hit $175 million.
She added that the ministry aims to start work on Phase One of the national railway network project connecting the ports in Aqaba through the city of Maan, up to the proposed land port in the Madouneh area, south of Amman.
