Saudi Arabia has announced the 246km Rafha-Hail Road. The road is said to expand the Kingdom’s transport network with a new route linking Rafha to Hail through the Hail-Baqaa Road, and represents a vital artery within the Kingdom’s interregional road connectivity network.

Billed as a key infrastructure project, it has been designed to strengthen the Kingdom’s land transport network by improving connectivity between its northern and central regions, through a direct link to the Hail-Baqaa Road.

Once fully complete, the road corridor will connect directly to the 414km Hail-Madinah Direct Road. The integrated route will facilitate movement and travel among different regions, it stated.

The road will serve pilgrims and Umrah performers arriving from the northern regions of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring countries through a direct route passing through Madinah before continuing to Makkah, said a report by the Saudi Press Agency.

It will also enhance transportation efficiency and supports logistics movement through the Kingdom’s different regions.