Spain-based Ineco, a leader in transport engineering, will design a public transport system for Muscat in a 52-week collaboration with the Oman National Transport Company (ONTC), a report said.

Ineco will be building a system from the scratch, which will include development of an efficient bus network and stations in the initial phase, the Oman Daily Observer report quoted an Ineco official as saying.

“Omani authorities are handling it in an intelligent way by focusing on one company. We can now work with one team and it will be very successful and done within a time frame,” he said.

Meanwhile, an agreement was also signed yesterday (May 24) to develop a strategic plan for a public transport system for the rest of Oman at a cost of over RO6.25 billion ($16.2 billion), the report said.

Ahmed bin Ali al Balushi, CEO, ONTC, said the new study will focus on developing inter-city bus services and also a public transport within other cities such as Sohar and Salalah.