Dh335m Business Bay project to have bridges, underpasses

Two bridges and three underpasses will be built to upgrade the parallel roads as part of the Business Bay project, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has said.
The project comes under Phase II of Parallel Roads Project, which was endorsed by His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai,
The Dh335million project is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2018.
Highlighting the project, Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, said: "It comprises the construction of a 295 metre-long bridge at the junction of Al Meydan Street and Al Sa'ada Street, and another 240 metre-long bridge of three lanes in each direction."
"It also includes the construction of three underpasses. The first is intended to provide leftward turns from Al Sa'ada St. in the direction of Al Meydan St. comprising two lanes in a bid to ease snarls during peak times resulting from the overlapping of traffic movement.
"The second underpass would be at Al Sa'ada Street; comprising two lanes in each direction. The third is designated for the crossing of horses at Godolphin Stables area," added Al Tayer.
The project also includes road works spanning four kilometers with lanes ranging from three to four in each direction, in addition to service roads in most areas of the project.
Meanwhile, the RTA has completed more than 31% of the Parallel Roads Improvement Project in the Godolphin area, and the two bridge crossings over the Dubai Water Canal were expected to be completed by end of this August.
All project works are set for completion in the last quarter of 2017.
The project, which costs about Dh578 million, includes a 3.5 km-long bridge comprising three lanes in each direction crossing over the Dubai Water Canal.
The number of lanes increases to five in each direction above Godolphin Stables and Al Meydan Street up to Al Quoz Industrial Area.
It also includes upgrading the existing junction of Al Meydan Street and Al Khail Street where flyovers would be constructed to provide left turns and ease the snarl in the junction during peak hours. The project also includes the construction of a two-lane ramp serving the traffic inbound from Al Khail Road in the direction of Sharjah to Al Asayel Road up to the junction with Oud Metha Road.
The Parallel Roads Project is one of the vital projects currently undertaken by RTA to ease the congestion of the Shaikh Zayed Road.
This traffic corridor, which comprises three lanes in each direction, extends 108 kilometres from the Shaikh Rashid Road in the north up to the entrance of Abu Dhabi.
The project covers the construction of bridges and at-grade junctions at the intersections of parallel roads with the crossing roads extending 42km.
"The entire project constitutes a traffic hub supporting the Shaikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road, and upon completion of all phases, it would ease the traffic movement in the area parallel to the Shaikh Zayed Road to the East," said Al Tayer.
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