Muscat: Road infrastructure dominated the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology’s development spending during the first nine months of 2026, accounting for 68 per cent of the total approved liquidity.
Fahd bin Salem Al Hinai, Director General of Administrative and Financial Affairs at the Ministry, said the Sultan Faisal bin Turki Road project in Musandam Governorate, covering the Dibba-Khasab route and Lima Link, recorded the highest expenditure at more than RO 32 million.
This was followed by the Sultan Said bin Taimur Road project, covering the Adam-Thumrait dual carriageway, with spending of RO 24 million, while expenditure on the Al Mughsail Bridge dual carriageway project reached RO 9 million.
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Al Hinai told the Oman News Agency that around RO 8 million was also spent during 2026 on repairing damage caused by climatic conditions.
Other expenditure covered development projects in Al Mouj and November 18th Street, airport projects and projects whose jurisdictions were transferred to the Ministry from other government entities.
He said the Ministry continues to direct financial resources towards priority development projects while improving the management of liquidity, financial obligations and payments to contractors, suppliers and beneficiaries.
The Ministry’s actual revenues from the beginning of the year until the end of July 2026 reached approximately RO 29.09 million, an increase of more than RO 3.482 million compared with the same period in 2025.
Al Hinai said the Ministry has implemented a series of administrative, financial, digital and human resources initiatives this year aimed at improving resource efficiency and strengthening institutional performance.
Among the measures are improved mechanisms for managing liquidity and payments, the digitisation of financial procedures and the classification of bank guarantees for projects, including performance bonds, advance payment guarantees and insurance documents. Progress in this area has reached around 60 per cent.
The Ministry has also completed approximately 65 per cent of the process of archiving development project documents in its warehouses, helping improve document management and retrieval.
As part of its wider digital transformation drive, the Directorate General of Administrative and Financial Affairs is working with the Ministry’s internal digital transformation team to automate disbursement procedures for development projects. The initiative is expected to reduce paperwork and improve the speed, efficiency and accuracy of financial transactions.
The Ministry’s annual executive plan has focused on improving resource allocation, strengthening financial sustainability, rationalising public spending, increasing revenues and developing institutional and individual performance indicators.
Human resources development has also remained a priority. During 2026, the Ministry appointed 79 employees to permanent positions, 33 under project contracts and 475 under share contracts across its various divisions. A further 18 employees have been appointed to supervisory positions since the beginning of the year.
Al Hinai said the achievements recorded during the year were the result of coordinated efforts across the Ministry, adding that investment in competencies, partnerships and innovative solutions would continue.
