Budget 2024: Priority for social, urban development

Muscat: The 2024 Budget has allocated about RO 900 million for development projects. including an amount of RO 83.7 million as governorate allocation of which RO 44 million for governorate development projects.

In 2024, the following development projects will be implemented:

Education Sector:

Construction of 15 public schools.

Floating tenders for the construction of 20 government schools.

Construction of the University of Technology and Applied Sciences building in Musandam Governorate.

Implementation of the abroad scholarship program (Rowad Oman) covering ISO scholarships over 5 years.

Offering 850 additional contracts for public school buses.

Replacement of 1.000 school buses with new buses that feature enhanced safety standards.

Replacement of more than 20.000 air conditioners

Health Sector:

Completion of the construction of seven government hospitals - (Sultan Qaboos Hospital Salalah, Al Suwaiq Hospital, Wadi Bani Khalid Hospital, Khasab Hospital, Madha Hospital, Mahout Hospital, and Al Mazyona Hospital).

Construction of 3 hospitals (Samail - Al-Namaa - Al-Falah).

Completion of the construction of two dialysis units.

Renovation of 2 government hospitals.

Inauguration of the Central Laboratory of Infectious Diseases.

Expansion of 3 existing hospitals.

Culture, Sports, and Youth Sector: Construction of Oman Cultural Complex

Housing and Urban Planning:

Construction of the Sultan Haitham city infrastructure - first phase.

Governorates Development: Development and maintenance of public parks

Waterfront development projects

The following projects will be implemented as the winning best development projects: Remal Park Project, Ames Bay Project, and Rathath Boulevard Project.

Transport Sector:

Six major road projects are planned this year

Design and construction of an asphalt road between Khasab and Dibba and the road linking Lima in Musandam Governorate.

Design and construction of the remaining parts of Al Batinah Coastal Road (Phase I).

Construction of Al Ansab al Jlifnain dual-carriage road.

Construction of the dual•carriage Sultan Qaboos road in Salalah.

Construction of an asphalt road in the Province of Muqshin in Dhofar Governorate.

Construction of tunnels of Atin intersection with 18 November Street in Salalah.

Agriculture, Fisheries, and Water Resources Sector:

Wadi Adai Dam

Wadi al Zuhaimi Dam.

Masirah Multipurpose Port

Shuwaimiya Multipurpose Port.