Roads

This file contains correspondence related to:

• Agreement of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman to open the road between Nizwa and Ibri to civilian traffic (1)
• Comments on a report (not included) on the Muscat-Sohar road (2)
• Summary of observations on the Muscat-Sohar road made by Mr P H P Williams of the Road Research Laboratory. Also included is the section on roads from the 'Calculations relating to Her Majesty's Government's Subsidy to the Muscat Government, 1960', giving summaries of the costs of road construction and maintenance, as well as a letter from R W T Griffith, of the British Middle East Development Division, recommending a greater coordination of development projects across the Trucial States (3)
• Enquiries made by Williams, regarding details of the expenditure carried out on the Muscat-Sohar road (4)
• Summary of the progress made on road development in Muscat and Oman (5)