 The country traditionally had one of the cheapest prices for gasoline at $0.78 per gallon ($0.21 per litre).Due to massive budgetary deficits and low oil prices, the Bahraini government increased the price of gasoline in 2016-2017 to $0.37 per litre.The widening of roads in the old districts of Manama and the development of a national network linking the capital to other settlements commenced as early as the arrival of the first car in 1914.