A new Dubai-Sharjah alternative road is receiving finishing touches, and is set to open by the end of next month, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced on Saturday.
Expected to bring about a 30 per cent drop in traffic on the busy corridors connecting the two emirates, the 12-kilometre link between Mohammad Bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road will be particularly handy for motorists travelling to and from Northern Emirates and eastern suburbs of Sharjah.
Moving traffic away from the busy Ittihad Road, Beirut Street and Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, the new project will help motorists gain quicker access to Emirates Road via Mirdiff along Tripoli Road.
“The project will increase the traffic capacity to about 12,000 vehicles per hour in both directions and reduce the traffic volumes by 30 per cent. Upon completion, the project will act as a parallel to Al Amardi- Al Khawaneej as well as Al Awir-Ras Al Khor traffic corridors,” said Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director-General of RTA.
Set to open by the end of June, the Dh500 million project is now 90 per cent complete, the RTA said.
“Work is progressing at a fast pace on the project. The contractor has completed the extension of Tripoli Street from the intersection with Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street up to Emirates Road and the bridge linking the extension of Tripoli Street with the Emirates Road in the direction of Sharjah,” Al Tayer said.
