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On Sunday, the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) inaugurated the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street development project in the part that extends from its intersection with Dubai-Al Ain Street to the Academic City roundabout, with a length of about 3 km.
RTA also opened two bridges at the intersection of Dubai Silicon Oasis with a length of 120 metres, with a capacity of 4 lanes in each direction and a capacity of 14,400 vehicles per hour in both directions, to ensure the smooth flow of traffic on Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street in both directions.
The project serves Dubai Silicon Oasis, more than 25 universities and colleges, and 27,500 students, in addition to development projects in the region. In the future, the Authority intends to develop Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street in the part that extends from Academic City until its intersection with Al Aweer Street.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, said that the implementation of the project comes within the framework of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, may God protect him, to quickly complete road projects and transport systems to keep pace with the continuous development it is witnessing. Emirate of Dubai.
He pointed out that the project also comes within the framework of the comprehensive plan of the Roads and Transport Authority to develop the road network, bridges, crossings and tunnels, to accommodate the growing increase in traffic, improve transport movement and facilitate traffic in various regions of the Emirate of Dubai, as well as a translation of the authority’s strategic plan in developing the infrastructure of road networks and the road system. Mass transportation in the Emirate of Dubai, and the development of integrated solutions of road systems and land and sea transport networks that are safe for users and meet the needs of population expansion and spread and contribute to encouraging development and investment in the emirate.
Al Tayer pointed out that the project included strengthening the entrances and exits to and from Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street by linking with the Dubai-Al Ain Street intersection, expanding the street to 4 lanes in each direction with a length of about 3 km, and implementing two bridges at the Dubai Silicon Oasis intersection with a length of 120 km. meters, with a capacity of four lanes in each direction, and the implementation of an intersection under the two bridges, controlled by light signals, that includes 20 lanes in all directions, with a capacity of 8,000 vehicles per hour, to achieve smooth traffic flow leading to Dubai Silicon Oasis and Zayed University. The project also included traffic development works on the Academic City roundabout. In addition to street lighting services for highway facilities.
He explained that the project to develop Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street east towards Al Awir comes as a continuation of the authority’s efforts, which it started to develop the extension of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, by implementing a road with a capacity of four lanes in each direction with a length of 25 km, starting from its intersection with Dubai-Al Ain Street. Even the roundabout located on Al Yalayis Street, and it included the development of several intersections with the surrounding road network, where a bridge intersection was implemented at the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street with Latifa Bint Hamdan Street near the entrance to the Global Village for those coming from Emirates Road, and the implementation of a roundabout controlled by light signals At its intersection with Al Qudra Road and the implementation of a surface intersection controlled by traffic lights with Hessa Road, pointing out that the traffic solutions to develop these intersections are temporary, and will be developed in the future with a package of final traffic solutions.
