Travel time will drop from 20 minutes to just five minutes
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced a new Dhs600 million project aimed at easing traffic congestion in the city.
The initiative is part of the Sheikh Rashid Corridor Development Project, which will enhance connectivity between Al Asayel Street and Al Khail Road via Al Nawras Street, and will add additional exits to Oud Metha and Al Nawras Streets.
The development plan includes the construction of four major intersections, 4,300 meters of bridges and 14 kilometres of new roads.
It’s designed to serve several key areas, including Zabeel, Al Jaddaf, Oud Metha, Umm Hurair and locations such as Latifa Hospital and Al Wasl Club.
According to Mattar Al Tayer, the RTA’s Director General, the project will significantly improve traffic capacity, accommodating an estimated population of over 420,000 by 2030.
One of the project’s main features is the enhancement of Oud Metha Street, increasing its vehicle capacity from 10,400 to 15,600 cars per hour— that’s a 50 percent rise.
This improvement is expected to reduce travel times along the route from 20 minutes to just five minutes, marking a 75 percent reduction.
The first intersection, located at the intersection of Oud Metha Street and Sheikh Rashid Street, involves adding a left-turn lane for traffic from Oud Metha to Sheikh Rashid Street, boosting capacity to 1,800 cars per hour.
Additionally, improvements will be made to the service road on Sheikh Rashid Street between the existing bridge and the exit at Al Zahrawi Street to alleviate current traffic congestion and enhance road safety. Plus, the number of right-turn lanes for traffic coming from Sheikh Rashid Street towards Dubai-Al Ain Road will be increased from two to three, raising capacity to 4,000 cars per hour.
The second intersection, located at the intersection of Oud Metha Street with Al Asayel and Al Nawras Streets, involves the construction of two bridges connecting Al Asayel Street to Al Khail Road via Al Nawras Street. The first bridge, with two lanes, will accommodate 2,400 cars per hour and serve traffic from Al Asayel towards Al Nawras.
The second bridge, featuring three lanes and accommodating 3,600 cars per hour, will handle traffic from Al Khail Road towards Al Asayel. A separate two-lane bridge will be constructed to facilitate left-turn traffic from Al Asayel to Oud Metha Street, with a capacity of 2,400 vehicles per hour.
The third intersection, located at the intersection of Al Nawras Street and Al Khail Road, will see the construction of a two-lane bridge to accommodate traffic from Al Asayel Street towards Al Khail Road, continuing towards the Business Bay Crossing. This bridge will have a capacity of 3,000 cars per hour.
And Al Nawras Street will be upgraded by increasing the exit capacity towards Al Khail Road to two lanes. A service road will be constructed on both sides of Al Nawras Street, with parking spaces offered as part of the upgrades.
The fourth intersection, located at the intersection of Zabeel Palace Street with Al Khail and Oud Metha Street, will see the addition of a lane on the left-turn ramp for traffic from Al Khail Road to Dubai-Al Ain Road, doubling capacity from 900 cars per hour to 1,800 cars per hour.
A single-lane tunnel with a capacity of 1,200 cars per hour will be constructed to serve traffic coming from Dubai-Al Ain Road to Al Nawras Street, helping to address current traffic overlap. The project also includes increasing the number of lanes on the existing bridge, which currently serves traffic from Al Khail Road towards Oud Metha Street.
The bridge will be expanded from two to three lanes, increasing its capacity from 2,200 cars per hour to 3,300 cars per hour.
This is great news all around for motorists living and driving around the city.
Source: Timeoutdubai
