Road works to ease Dragon Mart traffic
dubai — TrAFFIC snArls In AnD ArounD IntErnAtIonAl CIty AnD DrAGon MArt ArE sEt to EAsE up soon, wItH RoADs AnD TrAnsport AutHorIty (RTA) AnnounCInG DH193mIllIon For tHE sEConD pHAsE oF ImprovEmEnt oF Al AwIr RoAD AnD EntrAnCE oF tHE IntErnAtIonAl CIty ProJECt.
THE first pHAsE oF Al AwIr RoAD AnD EntrAnCE oF tHE IntErnAtIonAl CIty ImprovEmEnt ProJECt, wHICH BEGAn In tHE BEGInnInG oF 2016, HAs so FAr rEACHED 75 pEr CEnt AnD Is ExpECtED to BE opEnED In tHE first quArtEr oF 2018.
PHAsE I oF tHE proJECt InCluDEs ImprovEmEnt works oF Al AwIr RoAD stArtInG From tHE IntErsECtIon oF tHE SHEIkH MoHAmmED BIn ZAyED RoAD (MBRZ) to tHE R/A oF tHE ACADEmIC CIty.
THE sEConD pHAsE proJECt Is ExpECtED to ImprovE Al MAnAmA StrEEt AnD upGrADE tHE EffiCIEnCy oF Its IntErsECtIons nAmEly Al MAnAmA StrEEt-NouAkCHott StrEEt, Al MAnAmA StrEEt-SMBZR, AnD Al MAnAmA StrEEt-414 StrEEt (mAIn EntrAnCE oF IntErnAtIonAl CIty).
MAttAr Al TAyEr, DIrECtor-GEnErAl AnD CHAIrmAn oF tHE RTA’s BoArD oF ExECutIvE DIrECtors, sAID: “ConstruCtIon works In upGrADInG tHE Al MAnAmA StrEEtSMBZR IntErsECtIon InCluDE wIDEnInG tHE FlyovEr pAssInG ovEr SMBZR From tHrEE to Four lAnEs In EACH DIrECtIon; wHICH InCrEAsEs tHE CApACIty oF tHE BrIDGE From 4,500 vEHIClEs pEr Hour to 6,000 vEHIClEs pEr Hour. It Also CovErs InCrEAsInG tHE numBEr oF lAnEs oF slIpwAys ExtEnDInG From RAs Al KHor RoAD to SHArJAH, AnD From IntErnAtIonAl CIty to JEBEl AlI AnD ABu DHABI, From onE lAnE to two lAnEs. THIs InCrEAsE wIll DouBlE tHE CApACIty oF tHEsE lAnEs From 800 vEHIClEs pEr Hour to 1,600 vEHIClEs pEr Hour.”
“Works Also InCluDE wIDEnInG Al MAnAmA StrEEt In tHE ArEA BEtwEEn SMBZR AnD tHE EntrAnCE oF tHE IntErnAtIonAl CIty From tHrEE to sIx lAnEs In EACH DIrECtIon. THIs ImprovEmEnt wIll InCrEAsE tHE IntAkE oF tHE roAD By 1,500 vEHIClEs pEr Hour pEr lAnE. Al MAnAmA StrEEt wIll Also BE wIDEnED In tHE sECtor From tHE EntrAnCE oF tHE IntErnAtIonAl CIty to tHE ACADEmIC CIty StrEEt From two to fivE lAnEs In EACH DIrECtIon. THE wIDEnInG wIll EnHAnCE tHE CApACIty oF tHIs strEEt From 3,000 vEHIClEs to 7,500 vEHIClEs pEr Hour.”
PHAsE I oF tHE proJECt Also EnCompAssEs tHE ConstruCtIon oF A BrIDGE For pEDEstrIAns AnD CyClIsts to EAsE tHE movEmEnt oF pEDEstrIAns BEtwEEn Al WArqAA AnD tHE IntErnAtIonAl CIty to tHE BusInEss DIstrICt suCH As tHE DrAGon MArt AnD tHE VEGEtABlEs MArkEt. THE prImAry Four R/As InsIDE tHE IntErnAtIonAl CIty wIll BE upGrADED to sIGnAlIsED JunCtIons, AnD tHE ExIstInG lAnE wIll BE wIDEnED By ADDInG onE or two lAnEs In spECIFIC sECtors.
THE sEConD pHAsE proJECt Is In CollABorAtIon wItH NAkHEEl, IntErnAtIonAl CIty’s DEvElopEr, AnD ComEs AFtEr A trAffiC ImpACts stuDy wAs ConDuCtED For tHE ArEA, EspECIAlly AFtEr tHE opEnInG oF nEw DrAGon MArt 2. reporters@khaleejtimes.com