DCE were appointed by Mott MacDonald to complete the Concept Design (Stage 1) Audit for the Qatar Pedestrian Crossing Master Plan. This project consists of 50 new pedestrian bridges being constructed throughout Qatar. The majority of the crossings are located in Doha City, with 2 located in Al Khor and 3 located in Al Wakra. There are 25 grade-separated crossings and 25 at-grade crossings. At some locations the crossings will be retrofitted into the existing road corridor and at other locations the crossings will be installed into the future road schemes.
The crossing locations were visited by the audit team on several different days. The audit team did not analyse or study the locations for the crossings but rather the audit team have raised problems pertaining to the proposed crossing type where it was deemed the proposed crossing type had a safety concern.