Dubai: Work has begun on a six-lane flyover stretching for 3.5 kilometres at the Business Bay district.
The flyover is part of the Parallel Roads Improvement Project that will also include construction of roads and underpasses, helping to ease traffic in the area.
Running across the Dubai Water Canal, the flyover will have three lanes in each direction, stretching 3.5km before widening to a five-lane motorway passing over Godolphin Stables.
Heading all the way to Al Meydan Street, the flyover will extend further to Al Quoz Industrial Area.
Engineer Maitha Bin Udai, CEO of RTA’s Traffic and Roads Agency, said the project is designed to improve traffic flow at the existing junction of Al Meydan and Al Khail roads through the construction of flyovers ensuring free left turns, thus effectively terminating the current overlap and tailbacks during peak hours.
“The project involves the addition of a new two-lane free traffic corridor serving vehicular movement inbound from Al Khail Road heading towards Sharjah through Al Asayel Road, stretching up to the junction with Oud Metha Road,” she added.
She explained that the project is expected to be ready by the final quarter of 2017.
