The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open on Wednesday a project to develop the axis of Tripoli Street, which will connect Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed and the Emirates with a length of 12 km. It extends from the intersection of Tripoli Street with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road near Mirdif City Center to Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, with a length of 6.5 kilometers, to reach the new street in the land area from the intersection of Tripoli Street with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road to the Emirates Road with a length of 5.3 kilometers with a capacity of three lanes in each direction and includes the development of intersections along the axis. Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road to Sha Emirates G about 8 minutes, and is a hub of Tripoli street parallel to and supportive of the streets Alamurde - Aljoanij, Ras Al Khor and Al Aweer.

The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Mattar Al Tayer, expressed his pleasure at the opening of the project, which was implemented in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. His Highness the Crown Prince to keep pace with the continuous development witnessed by the Emirate of Dubai.

Al Tayer added that the road contributes to enhancing the links between Dubai and Sharjah, easing traffic congestion and improving the traffic flow, improving the entrances of Al Warqaa and Mirdif areas along Tripoli Street, increasing safety along the axis and providing free traffic with a capacity of 12,000 vehicles per hour In both directions (6000 vehicles per hour in each direction).

He added that the opening of Tripoli Street will reduce the flight time from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road to Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road by 64%. The journey is expected to take only 4 minutes and a half instead of 11 minutes before the development. More than 2,000 vehicles per hour during peak times, from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road to Emirates Road, which will contribute to reducing traffic volumes on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road by approximately 10%, which means reducing the flight time on Mohammed Bin Zayed Road from Intersection with Tripoli Street to the entrance of the Emirate of Sharjah at a rate of 12 minutes per vehicle, and is expected to contribute Turn the street in the waiting time on the intersection of Tripoli Street with Algiers Street (Al Warqaa Mirdif), from three minutes to less than a minute.

Components of the project

It is worth mentioning that the development project of the axis of Tripoli Street includes the expansion of Tripoli Street from its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road to Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road with a length of 6.5 km, and the implementation of a new street in the land area of ​​the intersection of Tripoli Street with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, up to 5.3 km in length with three tracks in each direction. The development of intersections along the axis will also be developed. The intersection of Tripoli Street and Algiers Street will be developed into a three-lane tunnel in each direction serving traffic from Rabat to Tripoli Street , With the development of the surface intersection The project also includes the development of the rotor based on Tripoli Street with Nouakchott Street to a bridge with a capacity of three lanes in each direction, the establishment of a light-marked road junction and the development of the current roundabout on Tripoli Road with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road to the intersection The project also includes the development of the intersection of Tripoli Street and the Emirates Road, with the construction of a bridge that serves the traffic traffic coming from the road. I And the establishment of a superficial intersection (for entry and exit) of the movement coming from Sharjah on the Emirates Road, in addition to the expansion work on Tripoli Street in several locations and improvements when he called Al-Rumaitha and the establishment of intersections with light signals instead of revolutions in the area of ​​Muhaisnah .