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He added:
"Bahrain has a strong history of working closely with our neighbours and it is already linked by the very successful King Fahad Causeway to Saudi Arabia. The completion of this second causeway will be a welcome further addition to Bahrain's impressive air, sea and road links, and will provide many new opportunities for companies based in Bahrain to further develop their business, not only in Qatar but right across the GCC."
Billed as the world's longest marine causeway, construction of the US$3 Billion project will be one of the most important infrastructure projects in the region. When the bridge is completed in about four year's time it will be over 40km of twin carriageway running across 22km of viaducts over the sea and 18km of embankments. Travel time from Qatar to Bahrain by car is expected to be reduced from four and a half hours to around 30 minutes.
The causeway will also provide a connection for future high-speed freight and passenger rail lines between the countries. There are also plans to extend the route to link Istanbul, Turkey to Muscat, Oman.
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