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Image used for illustrative purpose. Labourers work on a road project in Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad November 22, 2007.
The General Company for Ports of Iraq (GCPI) has completed initial paving of the 62-kilometre road linking Al- Faw Grand Port and the Silk Tunnel under the Khor Al Zubair channel, a transport ministry official said.
Ministry spokesperson Hussein Jalil Al-Khafajia told Zawya Projects that the announcement was made by GCPI’s Director Farhan Al-Fartousi, who noted that the highway will link the Grand Port of Al-Faw and Umm Qasr Road.
Al-Khafajia said the road, which is 45 metres wide, has been completely finished and is ready for vehicles.
(Reporting by Majda Muhsen; Editing by Anoop Menon)
