Transportation infrastructure firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured a new international order for a major road contract in Oman.

Awarded by the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the contract involves the construction of a road between Bidbid-Sur Section (Second Phase, First Part).

L&T’s new project scope includes widening of the existing 76km-long two-lane road into three-lane dual carriageway; the construction of ten arch type interchanges; and five two-cell vehicular underpasses.

"L&T has been making significant strides in the transportation infrastructure sector."

It also involves seven single-lane pedestrian underpasses, along with 15km of linked and service roads along the stretch.

Scheduled to be completed in 38 months, the project will change the existing single-lane carriageway into an international-class, all-weather motorway, allowing vehicles with a speed of 120kmph.

L&T infrastructure and construction board member S N Subrahmanyan said: "This order augers well for L&T’s business expansion plans in the infrastructure space in the GCC markets.

"L&T has been making significant strides in the transportation infrastructure sector both in the international and domestic markets through our well-established capabilities in design, engineering and project execution with top class quality and safety standards," Subrahmanyan added.

The firm was awarded a contract by the Oman Tender Board for the fourth package of the Batinah Expressway Project last year.