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Doha – Qatar 

HE Minister of Transport and Communications Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti today launched the Qatar Transport Resilience Program (QTRP) in an event that was attended by HE Minister of Municipality and Environment Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi.

The QTRP aims to deliver an intermodal transport network that is resilient, sustainable and efficient, aiming to a higher level of quality to help encourage public transport ridership.

The QTRP was developed as part of the Ministry of Transport and Communications’ ongoing efforts to respond to key strategic transport requirements for the nation, in alignment with the Qatar National Vision 2030.

The QTRP will be completed across five phases and supporting the development of an integrated Transport Resilience Framework for Qatar, including management and monitoring of key threats and risks and the establishment of a national Transport Coordination Centre (TCC) to support the country’s intermodal operations. 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 HH the Emir 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.