Projects

Southern Expressway - Oman

Parsons Transportation Group (PTG) was responsible for the detailed design and tender documents for the proposed 54.5km-long Southern Expressway in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. Before formally committing to expressway funding, the Municipality of Muscat wished to appraise the socio-economic effects of the proposed expressway and to review possible funding options for project delivery.

SGS assessed the social and economic benefits to be gained from expressway via a social cost benefit assessment. This included advising on the rigour demanded by the evaluation technique, managing the data collection process and chairing discussions concerning the project's findings. Discounted cash flow and sensitivity analyses followed the quantification of project related economic, social and environmental costs and benefits.

SGS also developed a project financing model that contrasted the advantages and disadvantages of each of the financing regimes under 'toll' and 'no toll' scenarios, including fully public provision, full private provision and public private partnership arrangements.