Traffic Diversions on Airport Road Starting Wednesday Evening

The Ministry of Public Works and Housing will commence maintenance work tomorrow night, Wednesday, on the damaged sections of the Queen Alia International Airport Road. The affected area extends from the Madaba Bridge toward the 7th Circle, as part of the central tender for the maintenance and rehabilitation of main roads in the Central Region. The project is funded by a loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, with an estimated cost of approximately JOD 5.9 million.اضافة اعلان


The commencement of work on the Airport Road comes two months after the launch of this vital project. Through this initiative, the Ministry aims to upgrade the main road network, keep pace with the Kingdom's rapid economic and urban growth, and enhance road efficiency to ensure the highest levels of public safety for citizens while easing traffic congestion. The works will focus on treating the sections most affected by high axial loads and urban development in the surrounding areas.

The Ministry has already completed all scheduled maintenance work on the Muwaqqar-Azraq Road in the area located past the Faysaliyah traffic light up to the King Abdullah II Training City. Furthermore, crews are nearing the complete finalization of rehabilitation and maintenance works on the Amman Development Corridor (Route 100). Following this, operations will shift to the Airport Road.

Technical teams will subsequently begin consecutive work on the remaining vital roads included in the Central Region tender, which are: the Salt Ring Road, Naour-Umm al-Basatin Road, Wadi Shueib-King Hussein Bridge Road, Amman-Salt Road, West Madaba Road, the Kings' Highway (Madaba-Dhiban-Mujib), the Peace Road (Bahr Al-Mayyet/Dead Sea), in addition to the Madaba-Umm al-Amad Road.

The ongoing technical operations include milling existing asphalt layers, laying new hot-mix asphalt, executing patching and road markings, installing reflectors (cat's eyes), and maintaining curbstones. This is in addition to maintaining concrete and pedestrian bridges, treating the Hashemite culvert, addressing existing soil collapses and erosion, and reinforcing these roads with all necessary traffic safety elements.

Given the strategic importance of the Airport Road and its heavy traffic volume, the Ministry will carry out the maintenance work during night shifts without closing the road to traffic. A system of partial diversions will be adopted by redirecting two-way traffic onto one of the carriageways—while securing all traffic safety elements, guidance signs, and warning boards—and working on the other carriageway until the targeted section is completed, before reversing the traffic diversion.

The Ministry emphasizes that the awareness and cooperation of citizens and motorists are the main pillars for the success of this work, urging them to adhere to safe driving rules and comply with the instructions of field crews and partners from the Public Security Directorate.