The Ministry of Housing and Reconstruction (MOHR) is building a dual carriageway connecting Erbil to Haji Omaran in Kurdistan, Iraq.

The project comprises two main sections. The first 8.822 km section includes: construction of the Pirmam road and a 2.45 km-long tunnel to be opened to traffic by the middle of 2015; expansion of the 21.32 km Korey–Shaqlawa–Mama Jalka road, including the construction of twin-tube 935 m and 380 m tunnels, to be finished by the middle of 2015; and construction of the 3.565 km-long Bani Harir tunnel and an 850 m-long road  to be completed by the end of 2017.

The second section of the project consists of the construction of the 16.685 km dual carriageway connecting Choman to Haji Omaran, to be completed by the end of 2017.

The Ministry has completed the design and preparation of the 62.685 km dual carriageway road and tunnel between Mama Jalka and Choman, including 15.54 km of tunnel. Visit http://www.krg.org. 48/14.