The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC) has issued a tender for upgrading an eight‑kilometre stretch of Airport Road that serves King Khalid International Airport.

Contractors must submit their bids by 21 December 2026, though the authority has not disclosed the estimated contract value.

The upgrade will add five main lanes and four service lanes in each direction, along with new grade‑separated connections such as an underpass at Expo Road and a bridge linking the Expo development area to the Roshn Sedra residential district.

Additional structures include elevated ramps for Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University and widening works along the existing corridor to improve access to surrounding developments.

The project forms part of a broader 189‑kilometre northern Riyadh roads programme that comprises 19 road projects and 33 interchanges serving the airport and 16 nearby developments, including the Expo 2030 site.

When completed, the upgraded network is expected to handle around 4.2 million daily trips, supporting projected traffic growth that could rise to 1.7 million daily trips in the northern districts by 2030.

Funding for fifteen road connections covering 162 kilometres will come from the Riyadh City Strategy budget, while King Salman International Airport will develop four additional connections of its own.

The tender does not yet name a preferred contractor, nor does it provide a construction start or completion date, leaving those details to be announced after the evaluation process.