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Riyadh, April 15, 2026, SPA -- The Roads General Authority announced more than 1.5 million truck trips were recorded across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s road network during the first quarter of 2026, reflecting the efficiency of the sector’s infrastructure and its role in supporting logistics movement, strengthening supply chains, and ensuring smooth transport across domestic and international routes. It noted that this volume of trips ensures the flow of supply chains and meets the needs of economic sectors, enhancing the reliability of the road network and supporting the movement of goods between the Kingdom and GCC countries. This is part of ongoing efforts to improve network efficiency and develop transport and logistics services. The Kingdom’s road network exceeds 73,000 km, ranking first globally in connectivity, which facilitates the movement of people and supports goods supply chains in line with the highest safety standards. The authority affirmed its continued efforts to develop the road sector to achieve targets related to safety, quality, and traffic density, including raising the Kingdom’s road quality ranking to sixth globally and reducing the road fatality rate to fewer than five deaths per 100,000 people by 2030.
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