Works on major roads leading to Expo 2020 will begin soon

dubai — To ensure smooth traffic flow and serve visitors, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded two contracts of the last two phases (5 and 6) of roads leading to the Expo 2020 site. The total cost of these phases amounts to Dh630 million.

These two phases include improvements to both Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road and the intersection of Emirates Road with Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road. Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors of RTA, said: “Due to the massive nature of the project, it had been split into six phases to ensure the timely completion of works, well before the opening of Expo. Contracts for the previous four phases had already been awarded.”

During the past few months, the RTA had awarded four contracts for the improvement of roads leading to the Expo site. Phases 1 and 2 included contracts for improving Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road and the intersection with the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. These two phases also included the construction of bridges on the Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road.

Phases 3 and 4 included upgrading two intersections of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road with both Jebel Ali-Lehbab Road and Al Yalayes Road. They also encompassed the development of two flyovers on the Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road at the Dubai Investment Park as well as the widening of the Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road from two to five lanes in both the directions.