The Bahrain Transportation Infrastructure Construction Market size is estimated at USD 8.03 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 9.54 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 3.5% during the forecast period (2024-2029).
Bahrain announced over 22 strategic infrastructure projects worth more than USD 30 billion as part of its 2021 Economic Recovery Plan, including constructing five artificial islands.
These initiatives will be funded mainly through public-private partnerships. This emphasis on construction is consistent with the Kingdom's economic development strategy Vision 2030. The USD 1.1 billion Bahrain International Airport Modernization Program is one of the most significant projects in this pipeline.
The main contract was awarded to a consortium led by Arabtech Construction and TAV Construction from the United Arab Emirates. Several US firms have won smaller subcontracts as part of the overall expansion project. The first phase, completed in early 2021, nearly doubled the airport's passenger capacity to 14 million passengers annually.
Bahrain's Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has prequalified 11 international and local Bahraini companies for Phase One of the USD 2 billion Bahrain Metro Project, which will begin in May 2022. The project is expected to deliver a 109-kilometer light rail system capable of carrying over 43,000 passengers per hour and consisting of four separate lines with two interchanges and more than 20 passenger stations.
The King Hamad Causeway is also in the works, with construction set to begin in 2024. This new rail and road causeway project connecting Saudi Arabia and Bahrain overland will parallel the 25 km-long King Fahd Causeway. It will provide new lanes to support additional passenger and cargo traffic and a rail line connecting Bahrain to the central GCC railway and the existing Saudi rail network.
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