Dubai: Phase one of the multi-tier road project connecting Jumeriah with Al Khail Road has neared completion and would be ready before the end of this year, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Saturday.
Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, said 86 per cent of work on phase one of the project has been completed and it will be fully ready in the final quarter of this year.
He added that work on the second phase is also in full swing with 60 per cent completed. The second phase is expected to be ready by early next year.
The Dh800-million project links Jumeirah with Al Khail Road and Parallel Roads [First Al Khail Road and Al Asayel Street].
The project involves construction of several and flyovers and, according to Al Tayer, all construction work on bridges has been completed.
“The project would accommodate the growing traffic volumes, and ease the mobility in various parts of Dubai. It also complements RTA’s strategic plan for improving vertical traffic corridors such as the Airport Street, Tripoli Street, Al Yalayes Street and Al Asayel Street,” said Al Tayer.
Phase one
The phase one covers the construction of flyovers on Latifa Bint Hamdan Street and Umm Al Sheef Street from Al Safa Interchange to Al Manara Interchange on Shaikh Zayed Road.
It will link Jumeirah with Al Khail Road and Parallel Roads (First Al Khail Road and Al Asayel Street) through two-level roads and bridges providing free traffic flow between Umm Al-Sheef street, Al Wasl Street, Shaikh Zayed Road and Latifa Bint Hamdan Street.
Traffic will also flow freely from Al Zommorrud Street eastward to Shaikh Zayed Road.
Phase two
The second phase includes improving the link between Shaikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road and between Jumeirah to the west and Dubailand to the east.
It covers the improvement of Al Qouz entrances as well as several development projects.
The project covers improvements of the existing street from the Interchange of First Al Khail Road to the Interchange of Al Khail Road over a three-kilometre stretch in addition to several intersections along the corridor.
The intersection of Al Asayel-Latifa Bint Hamdan Streets is being transformed from a surface signalised junction into a multi-level interchange. This flyover comprises the first-level bridge of three lanes in each direction to serve the traffic on Latifa Bint Hamdan Street and a second-level bridge of two lanes in each direction to serve the traffic on Al Asayel Street.
The surface intersection will be upgraded to reduce the waiting time from three minutes to less than one minute, which will alleviate the congestion by 78 per cent during evening peak hours and enhance the capacity of the intersection by 40 per cent.
The second phase also includes improvement of the intersection with Al Khail Road by adding a ramp to serve the traffic movement heading north to Al Khail Road and the Business Bay Crossing, easing the existing congestion at Al Khail Road intersection.
