Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has marked 50% completion on the construction of the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Roads Improvement Corridor.
The project, which extends 8km along Ras Al Khor Road, runs from the intersection of the Dubai-Al Ain Road to the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.
As part of the project, RTA executed improvement works, which also included the construction of bridges extending 2km.
According to HE Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, the project includes widening Ras Al Khor Road from three to four lanes in each direction and constructing, a two-lane service road to enhance traffic safety and ease the traffic flow.
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Roads Improvement Corridor also includes improving the intersection of Nadd Al Hamar Road with Ras Al Khor Road.
Explaining further about the project, Al Tayer said: “There will be an increase in the capacity of 3,000 vehicles per hour by constructing a two-lane bridge extending 988 metres to enable free left-side turns of traffic inbound from Nadd Al Hamar Road heading in the direction of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road.”
The project also involves the construction of another 115-metre bridge to serve the traffic inbound from Nadd Al Hamar heading to Ras Al Khor Road in the direction of Dubai-Al Ain Road.
Additionally, a two-lane tunnel extending 368 metres will be constructed to enable right turns from Ras Al Khor Road to Nadd Al Hamar.
Al Tayer added: “Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Roads Improvement Corridor is one of the biggest projects undertaken by RTA. In the future, it will include the construction of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing; a bridge crossing over Dubai Creek to link Al Jaddaf in Bur Dubai with the street between Dubai Creek Harbour Project and Dubai Festival City. The project has been divided into several phases.”
Last year, RTA completed the construction of a three-lane bridge extending 740 metres leading to the Western entrance to Dubai Creek – Dubai Creek Harbour. The bridge connects traffic inbound from Dubai – Al Ain Road and Al Khail Road, heading East to Dubai Creek – Dubai Creek Harbour area, with a capacity of 7,500 vehicles per hour.
In addition, RTA has also constructed a new 1.5-kilometre road of four lanes in each direction along with entry and exit points to and from the newly completed areas to facilitate traffic inbound from Nadd Al Hamar – Ras Al Khor Roads intersection.
Al Tayer stressed that the new roads and bridges network has helped streamline the traffic flow to the newly completed housing units at the Dubai Creek.
The new roads were also fitted with lighting, comprising 108 streetlight poles. Work is currently underway on the construction of a 640-metre bridge to ensure a smooth traffic movement from the Dubai Creek Harbour project towards Ras Al Khor Road with a capacity of about 3100 vehicles per hour.