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Road project nearing three-quarter completion

Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Executive Director Mattar Al Tayer said the Dh719-million project was 68 per cent of the way through. The bridges, including one 120-metre long concrete bridge, extend for 4,370 metres in total. They are designed to help link up the Western Parallel Road with the Shaikh Rashid bin Saeed Road and Street 312, passing by the World Trade Centre.

“The RTA has completed all works linking Al Khail Road with the local roads of the Business Bay in order to ease the traffic flow in the area, and has also completed the improvement of the internal roads in the area between the Shaikh Zayed Road and the Western Parallel Road,” Al Tayer said.

The work had already eased the mobility of those living in the towers parallel to the Shaikh Zayed Road, he said. “These roads have been linked with the Shaikh Zayed Road to serve the traffic movement of motorists passing through the Shaikh Zayed Road and heading towards the Business Bay.”

Work had already begun to complete the next phase of road work as part of the Parallel Roads Project between Interchanges 5 and 5.5, including the construction of a 10-kilometre road which extended three lanes in each direction, Al Tayer said.

“Work is also progressing in Phase IV of the project which serves Jebel Ali Free Zone, Al Maktoum Airport and the Industrial Area. This phase comprises the construction of roads extending 22km with four lanes in each direction in the Eastern and Western parallel roads.”

The first phase of the project, which included the construction of roads at Al Barsha and Al Quoz Industrial and Residential areas, had already been completed, he said.

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