An Iraqi firm completed two bridges in central Amara city at a total cost of around $35.6 million. “Work on the two bridges began in May 2008,” Engineer Naji al-Lami, who supervised the project, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the length of each bridge is around 586 meters. Amara, the capital city […]
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Baghdad Mayoralty Starts Work on Dh38m Bridge
The Baghdad Mayoralty has commenced building work on a new bridge in the capital's eastern side of Al Rasafa at a total cost of 12 billion Iraqi dinars (Dh38.2 million), an official statement said on Sunday. "In co-operation with a specialised local company, engineers from the Baghdad Mayoralty have begun work on Sahet Al Khulafaa […]
Baghdad Mayoralty to Construct New Bridge
The Baghdad Mayoralty has commenced building work on a new bridge in the capital's eastern side of al-Rasafa at a total cost of 12 billion Iraqi dinars, an official statement said on Sunday. "In cooperation with a specialized local company, engineers from the Baghdad Mayoralty have begun work on Sahet al-Khulafaa Bridge in Bab al-Muadham […]
Strategic Road Inauguration Costs Seven Billion Dinars in North of Erbil
A strategic road was opened in Bahreka in the northern city of Erbil on Saturday between the city center and Bahreka area along 13, 5 km at a cost of seven billion dinars, but within the development regions budget of the province. The governor of Erbil Nawzad Hadi, said "The road is necessary for Bahreka […]
Second Side of Samawa toDiwaniya Highway Underway
Iraqi Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday the project for the second side of the Samawa toDiwaniya highway. “The new expansion is around 70 km length,” Ibrahim al-Mayali, the al-Muthana governor, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the expansion will eliminate accidents on the current road, and helps linking provinces to each other. […]
$3.7m for New Security Building in Wassit
The Wassit governor laid on Tuesday the foundation stone for a new security building in the province, which will cost $3.7 million. “The project will be financed by the U.S. Support Team, and will be located in northern Kut City,” Majid al-Itabi, the Wassit media director, told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. He said that the […]
Building More Than 40,000 Housing Units and the Largest Oil Refinery in Diyala
Investment Authority in Diyala agreed with a local company to set up the biggest oil refinery in the province at a cost exceeding $ 100 million, and build more than 40 thousand residential units, with an investment of 200 thousand acres of farmland. The official Investment Authority ,engineer Mjul Mahdi said in a statement for […]
Cabinet OKs Project Linking Samawa to Highway
The cabinet’s economic committee approved a project to build a road linking Samawa to the highway in 27 km across the al-Warkaa district, the governor of al-Muthanna province revealed on Saturday. “The project approval was the outcome of efforts and discussions by the local administration in al-Muthanna,” Ibrahim Soliman al-Mayali told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. […]
20 Projects Achieved in Diwaniya
Technical and engineering staffs in Diwaneya roads and bridges department, performed 20 projects through the past 6 months including developing regions plan for the past year, in time the province gained ID 360 M from compensations amounts resulted from war damages. A source at the province said, that the technical and engineering staffs in Dewaniya […]
Real Estate Budget Conflicts for 2010 Reach to ID110 Bn
Commission of solving real estate commission has exposed that its budget for the next year is around ID110 billion, while it had announced its terminating to 77,000 lawsuits out of 157,000 relating to real-estate. In an exclusive statement to as-Sabah newspaper, head of the commission Ahmed Shia al-Barak said: the commission has been capable since […]
Government to Redevelop Sadr Township in Baghdad
The government has drawn up plans to build 30,000 housing units in the low-income neighborhood of Sadr City, a slum area where more than 2 million people live. The city was formerly known as al-Thawra or Revolution but was renamed for Sadr, a senior Shiite cleric whose mysterious death the country’s Shiite Muslims blame on […]
First Stage of Basra Bridge Finalized
A local company in the province of Basra finalized on Thursday the first stage of the Sahat Saad Bridge at a cost of 12 billion Iraqi dinars, Basra’s governor said. “The opening of this service project will help ease traffic congestions in the large city whose population reached three million people,” the governor told Aswat […]


