(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Peninsula
Minister of Transport and Communications H E Jassim bin Saif Al Sulaiti launched yesterday the Transport Resilience Program in Qatar, which comes under the directives of Prime Minister and Interior Minister H E Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani.
The programme aims to provide a multi-transportation network in Qatar that keeps pace with all changes and is resilient ensuring its sustainability and operational efficiency to reach a high level of service, and encourages the public to use public transportation. Qatar is one of the first countries to launch such programmes.
The programme was developed within the framework of the efforts of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in responding to the main requirements of Qatar's strategic transport in line with Qatar National Vision 2030.
One of the key benefits from the Framework is that it will facilitate cooperation and coordination across the transport sector's relevant entities.
Addressing the QTRP launch event, Sheikh Mohamed bin Khalid Al Thani, Director of Technical Affairs Department at the Ministry, said that Qatar's economy has been witnessing a growing boom under the wise leadership of the Emir H H Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
He added that transport system in Qatar was witnessing a rapid growth and continuing changes concurrently with huge investments into transport network infrastructure.
The few coming years, he noted, would be the best demonstration of Ministry's efforts for developing the performance of all transport mediums across the country, particularly with the operation of railroad networks and the upgrading of public transport services in a way that supports sustainable social and economic progress.
The plan of action being executed by the Ministry was inspired from the Qatar National Vision 2030. That plan provides the requirements for all the new transport infrastructure investments and a key priority in it is to ensure such investments deliver the expected transport benefits in a safe, consistent and reliable manner and the Program launched today is a central element of that plan, Sheikh Al Thani said. He stressed that resilience nowadays is no longer an option; rather it is continually becoming a necessity that drives all economies.
He said that for the successful deployment and execution of the Program HE Minister of Transport and Communications had given directives to establishing a working group for the transport resilience project to develop the required framework. He added that the working group would include representatives from transport and transport-related sectors in Qatar, in addition to industry consultants and experts.
The Program working group would be working collaboratively through workshops and joint committees, he said. During the event, the Ministry working group in charge of the Program gave a presentation on the importance of the Program, roadmap to resilience and relevant case studies of where in the world similar programs are in place.
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