RTA completes widening of Ras Al Khor Road
DUBAI: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has completed the Ras Al Khor Road Widening Project from 3 to 4 lanes along a 3 km stretch in both directions.
Works extend from the Bu Kadra intersection to the Al Khail Road intersection.
RTA will widen the collector road for turns on Ras Al Khor Road in the direction of the Dubai-al Ain Road from one to two lanes by the start of April.
This project is part of RTA’S efforts to upgrade Dubai’s infrastructure, particularly in areas experiencing rapid urbanisation and population growth.
Ras Al Khor Road is a critical artery that serves numerous residential and industrial districts home to approximately 650,000 residents, in addition to an array of several ongoing development projects.
Widening Ras Al Khor Road from three to four lanes in each direction will improve traffic movement, increase the intake of vehicles from 6,000 to 8,000 per hour and reduce travel times by up to 33% during peak periods.
Additionally, the upgrade to the bypass lane towards Dubai-al Ain Road is expected to double the capacity from 1,000 to 2,000 vehicles per hour and enhance vehicle flow by 100%.
Recently, Dubai’s RTA announced the completion of 75% of the Intersection of Garn Al Sabkha-sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Roads Improvement Project.
It involves the construction of four bridges that span 2,874 meters in total designed to handle a traffic capacity of 17,600 vehicles per hour.
The contractor has completed the construction of the foundations and columns of the bridges and is currently working on casting the bridge walls, installing iron supports, expanding the roads, lighting works, rainwater drainage networks and the necessary traffic diversions to complete the bridge construction works.
One of the main bridges is expected to be completed by the second quarter of this year.
The project is undertaken in response to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, to enhance the road network infrastructure in Dubai to cope with the ongoing urban and population growth of Dubai, with the follow-up of Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council.