SSH has announced that the Tubli Bay Water Flushing Improvement (New Alba Bridge) in Bahrain  has been selected as the 'National Winner in the Road Infrastructure Project of the Year' category at this year’s MEED Project Awards. SSH is the lead consultant for the project.

 

Tubli Bay project is one of three designed and supervised by SSH to achieve the same goals. The other two projects are Ma’ameer Canal Widening and Ma’ameer Culvert Extensions and Widening, said a statement from SSH. 

 

These projects are part of a larger scheme of work managed by the Ministry of Works (MOW) to improve the environmental and flushing conditions of Tubli Bays, it stated.

 

SSH pointed out that as part of the larger programme, this project enhanced regular seawater flushing circulation between Ma’ameer Bay and Tubli Bay, which will improve the water quality and preserve the distinctive ecological system. 

 

Due to its positive short and long-term effects on the environment and people, the improvement in marine life and seawater cleansing can be regarded as a key engineering accomplishment, it stated.

 

The Tubli Bay project improved water quality through water conservation, increased accessibility to an industrial region, which encouraged investors to capitalise there, and increased job creation because of the new access to the industrial area. The project also enhanced the wildlife habitat in an area designated as a wildlife natural reserve zone for migrating birds like flamingos.