Urgent directive from Al-Sudani regarding the “Development Roadmap”

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[size=52]Urgent directive from Al-Sudani regarding the “Development Roadmap”[/size]

[size=45]Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani issued an urgent directive to his personal secretary to coordinate with the Ministries of Defense and Interior to prepare a plan for the development road project.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister's Media Office said in a statement, "Al-Sudani chaired, today, Monday, the periodic meeting of the Supreme Committee for the Development Road Project."[/size]
[size=45]The statement added, “During the meeting, the project’s developments and progress of its work stages were reviewed, and the work of the committees formed regarding energy, gas, electricity and internet projects, which represent an essential part of this major strategic project, was followed up. His Excellency was briefed on the rates of achievement achieved in the designs of a number of special projects and those attached to the project, including the initial designs for the railway, which have reached 100% completion, and the designs for the highway, which have been completed by 75%.”[/size]
[size=45]According to the statement, Al-Sudani directed “the entity designing the development road project to prepare a schedule for expropriations along the project’s path, and to determine the approximate cost of those expropriations (governmental and private), with an approximate timetable for the expropriations according to the project’s implementation stages. He also issued a directive to the personal secretary of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces to coordinate with the Ministries of Defense and Interior regarding preparing the vision for securing the entire path of the development road project.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement continued, “During the meeting, November 1, 2024 was set as the date for the second meeting of the Quadripartite Committee for the Development Road in Baghdad, consisting of Iraq, Qatar, the Emirates and Turkey, as well as the formation of a committee from the ministries to develop the future vision of each ministry towards the Development Road project, and the formation of a committee to prepare a comprehensive study on energy investment along the project path, including the Ministries of Electricity, Oil, Communications and Transport, and to work through coordination with the project’s consultant designer, in addition to indicating the World Bank’s welcome of the government’s initiative to include the project in the Ministry of Planning.”[/size]
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