King Hamad Causeway work to start in 2021

The work on King Hamad Causeway connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain will start by mid-2021 and will be completed in three years, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Bahrain has said.

“The tender for King Hamad Causeway will be issued after six months,” Abdulla Al Shaikh was quoted by Arab News.

The causeway will also include a rail line for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) network, cargo trains and vehicle lanes.

Al Shaikh estimated that the cost of the project will be in the neighbourhood of $4 billion, adding that it will act as a new link between the two countries and will contribute to boosting trade in all fields.

The new causeway, expected to be 25-km long, will run in parallel with the existing King Fahd Causeway, the only terrestrial link between the two kingdoms, which opened in November 1986.