Dh1.2b project to ease traffic on Sheikh Zayed Road

dubai — His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has endorsed the awarding of two contracts for constructing the 7th Interchange on the Sheikh Zayed Road, as well as Al Yalayis and Al Asayel Roads at a cost of Dh1.2 billion.

The two projects will enhance the link between the Sheikh Zayed Road and both Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road. It will ease the traffic flow on the Sheikh Zayed Road by diverting the traffic inbound from Abu Dhabi on the Sheikh Zayed Road to Al Yalayis Road and on to the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road.

Mattar Al Tayer, DirectorGeneral and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said: “The project will step up the capacity of Al Yalayis Road to almost 10,000 vehicles per hour per direction. It will also cut short the transit time between the 7th Interchange on the Sheikh Zayed Road and the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road to as low as four minutes.”

Constructing the 7th Interchange of the Sheikh Zayed Road Project will cost about Dh393 million and encompass the construction of a bridge of four lanes branching out of Al Yalayis Road into two bridges of two lanes each. The first one is bound to Abu Dhabi and the other one leads to Dubai Road and from there to Jebel Ali Free Zone and Port.

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