Dubai: Set for completion in the second quarter of 2016, a Dh67-million project to extend Academic City road has been set in motion by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
The project, whose initial phase was endorsed by Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, comprises of two parts.
“The project comprises two parts,” Al Tayer said, “the first covers the extension of Hessa Road in a sector stretching 4 km with two lanes in each direction. It starts from the entry point of Remraam Residential Project up to the roundabout at the entry of Dubai Sports City; which will be converted to a signalised junction to ease the mobility of residents from and to the Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road.”
Al Tayer said the project will reduce the journey time from 20 to 5 minutes, and serve a number of development projects such as the Dubai Studio City, Mudon, Akoya, and the Dubai Golf City.
“The completion of the project will mark the completion of a traffic corridor extending from Al Sufouh Road in the west to Emirates Road in the East, thus becoming one of the key arterial roads in the area,” stated Al Tayer.
“The second part of the project comprises the construction of a road linking the extension of the Academic City Road with the Emirates Road; which will serve The Villa project over a 2.5 km-long stretch comprising two lanes in each direction. The project is considered the first phase in the construction of the Academic City Road Extension Project, which starts from the Dubai–Al Ain Road and up to Al Yalayis Road.”
Al Tayer said the project is part of RTA’s master plan for roads, bridges, underpasses and tunnels in order to ease traffic flow in all parts of Dubai. It is also included in the strategic plan of the RTA providing for upgrading the infrastructure of roads network and mass transit systems in Dubai. “Such a plan aims to develop integrated solutions of roads as well as land and marine transport networks that are safe for users, compatible with the comprehensive development plans, matching to the needs of demographic expansion, and contributing to encouraging sustainable development & investment in the Emirate,” Al Tayer said.
