New road project to cut Ras Al Khor travel time to just 7 minutes

  DUBAI – New road project Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Roads Improvement Corridor will cut travel time on Ras Al Khor Road from 20 minutes to just seven minutes, according to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). The project is now 50 percent complete and extends eight kilometres along Ras Al Khor Road, running from the intersection of the Dubai-Al Ain Road to the junction of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. The project includes widening Ras Al Khor Road from three to four lanes in each direction and constructing a two-lane service road to ease the traffic flow. Improvement works also include the construction of bridges extending 2km, said Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA. The project serves a host of major development projects inhabited by 650,000 residents around The Lagoons, Dubai Creek Harbour, Meydan Horizons, Ras Al Khor, Al Wasl, and Nadd Al Hamar Complex. The project also includes improving the intersection of Nadd Al Hamar Road with Ras Al Khor Road. 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 Rd. It 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. A two-lane tunnel extending 368 metres will be constructed to enable right turns from Ras Al Khor Road to Nadd Al Hamar. The Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Roads Improvement Corridor is one of the biggest projects undertaken by the RTA. In 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. ICA/Expat Media
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