The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has invited contractors to bid by 21 December for an airport road upgrade to improve traffic flow around King Khalid International airport.

The 8-kilometre Airport Road contract entails adding five main lanes and four service lanes in each direction, constructing an underpass interchange at Expo Road, building a bridge linking the Expo site with Roshn’s Sedra development, and installing elevated ramps to serve Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University.

The project forms part of the commission’s programme to develop the capital’s ring road and arterial corridors. Earlier this month, it is reported that RCRC had invited bids for a road package surrounding the Riyadh Expo 2030 site.

Both tenders are key components of RCRC’s 189km northern road upgrade programme, designed to restructure transport infrastructure across northern Riyadh. The wider initiative comprises 19 road schemes and 33 interchanges serving the airport and 16 surrounding developments, including the Expo 2030 grounds, Roshn’s Sedra and Plot 1 masterplans, and King Salman Stadium. Once completed, the upgraded road network will accommodate up to 4.2 million trips daily.

Fifteen of the links, totalling 162km, will be funded via the Riyadh City Strategy budget and procured across three phases and five contract packages. The remaining four links, covering 27km within and around the airport perimeter, will be delivered by King Salman International Airport (KSIA).