AMMAN: The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) will start working on the second package of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) at the beginning of next week, the infrastructure executive director of the project, Ahmad Malkawi, announced Sunday.
He noted that the second stage will cost JD8.147 million, according to a GAM statement sent to The Jordan Times. The new package includes establishing a four-kilometre BRT route extending from the intersection of Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Princess Basma streets in Abdoun, and through Princess Basma and Prince Ali bin Al Hussein streets all the way to Ali Bin Abi Taleb Street in Ras Al Ain, Malkawi said in the statement.
He added that workers will begin operating machinery in project areas “in the next few days”. Work on the second phase will continue for 420 days, he noted. The BRT’s first phase includes three sections with a total length of 32 kilometres, Malkawi explained. The first section starts at Sweileh Circle and passes through Queen Rania Street, the Sports City area, and Shahid and Istiqlal streets, and ends at Al Mahatta area, he said.
