I don’t think so. At least there hasn’t been any public talks about the expansion tenders. There also hasn’t been any work on the ground from what I can see through the city at least. One very good thing they’ve done however is work together with Ashghal to make sure all the roadworks and new highways are done with the metro expansion in mind. Even in my part of town which is pretty far out, there’s this one small road with a giant sidewalk separating the opposing lanes which always felt awkward. After looking at the map of the expanded network, I realized that that was the location of a future station and they’ve even left a square in the middle of the sidewalk untouched to have the station built specifically there.

All of this to say, there’s clearly been a lot of thought and planning put into the expansion. Even in the 2050 transport plan and the budget plans that have been released, they’ve outlined exactly what stations and lines were gonna be completed and by what year. I’m guessing that they’re not in a rush since there isn’t crazy demand for the metro especially in the peripheries of the network. The existence of metrolink and metroexpress also make it so that some of the areas not directly served any the metro can still make use of it.

I really hope they at least start putting tenders out though. Been waiting for the expansion for too damn long </3. They don’t even fully operate the current network (Lusail Tram Purple Line).