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Dubai: New road to bring down travel time from 20 to 7 minutes

RTA finishes 50% building and construction on Ras Al Khor- Dubai-Al Ain roadway

Dubai’s Roadways and also Deliver Authority (RTA) introduced 50 percent conclusion on the building and construction of the Sheikh Rashid container Saeed Roadways Enhancement Passage.

The task, which expands 8 kilometres along Ras Al Khor Rd, ranges from the Dubai-Al Ain Roadway junction to Sheikh Mohammed container Zayed Roadway, RTA claimed in a news release.

The renovation functions additionally consist of the building and construction of bridges prolonging 2 kilometres. Complying with conclusion, the transportation times on the significant hallway is anticipated to go down from 20 to 7 mins, claimed Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, director-general and also chairman of the board of executive supervisors, RTA.

Sheikh Rashid container Saeed Roadways Enhancement Passage is just one of the largest tasks carried out by RTA. In the future, it will certainly consist of the building and construction of Sheikh Rashid container Saeed Crossing; a bridge going across over Dubai Creek to connect Al Jaddaf in Bur Dubai with the road in between Dubai Creek Harbour Task and also Dubai Event City, described Al Tayer.

” The task consists of expanding Ras Al Khor Roadway from 3 to 4 lanes in each instructions and also creating a 2-lane solution roadway to improve the web traffic safety and security and also alleviate the web traffic circulation, besides removing the existing overlapping web traffic places,” claimed Al Tayer.

” It will certainly additionally enhance the capability of Ras Al Khor Roadway to 10,000 cars per hr. The task offers a host of significant growth tasks lived in by 650,000 locals around The Lagoons, Dubai Creek Harbour, Meydan Horizons, Ras Al Khor, Al Wasl, and also Nadd Al Hamar Facility,” he included.

Roadway renovation tasks

The task additionally consists of boosting the junction of Nadd Al Hamar Roadway with Ras Al Khor Roadway. There will certainly be a boost in the capability of 3,000 cars per hr by creating a two-lane bridge prolonging 988 metres to allow cost-free left-side turns of web traffic incoming from Nadd Al Hamar Roadway heading towards Sheikh Mohammed container Zayed Rd.

” The task additionally includes the building and construction of an additional 115-metre bridge to offer the web traffic incoming from Nadd Al Hamar heading to Ras Al Khor Roadway towards Dubai-Al Ain Roadway,” he included.

A two-lane passage prolonging 368 metres will certainly be built to allow appropriate turns from Ras Al Khor Roadway to Nadd Al Hamar. The task functions additionally consist of renovations at the existing junction, and also expanding the existing turns.

Task stages

The task has actually been separated right into numerous stages. In 2014, RTA finished the building and construction of a three-lane bridge prolonging 740 meters resulting in the Western entry to (Dubai Creek – Dubai Creek Harbour). The bridge attaches web traffic incoming from Dubai – Al Ain Roadway and also Al Khail Roadway, heading East to Dubai Creek – Dubai Creek Harbour location, with an ability of 7,500 cars per hr.

” RTA has actually additionally built a brand-new 1.5- kilometre roadway of 4 lanes in each instructions together with access and also leave indicate and also from the freshly finished locations to assist in web traffic incoming from Nadd Al Hamar – Ras Al Khor Roadways junction,” described Al Tayer.

” The brand-new roadways and also bridges network added to simplifying the web traffic circulation to the freshly finished real estate devices at the Dubai Creek, by connecting them with the bordering roadways. The brand-new roadways were additionally fitted with illumination consisting of 108 streetlight posts. Job is presently underway on the building and construction of a 640-metre bridge to make sure a smooth web traffic motion from Dubai Creek Harbour task in the direction of Ras Al Khor Roadway with an ability of regarding 3100 cars per hr.

dhanusha@khaleejtimes.com

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