The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) on Saturday inaugurated the third and fourth phases of the Expo 2020 road network development project, which included the development of two interchanges of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street with Expo Street and Al Lailis Street, in addition to the development of two bridges on Sheikh Zayed Bin Street. Hamdan Al Nahyan in the Dubai Investment Park area and the expansion of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street from two lanes in each direction to five lanes in each direction.The total length of bridges in the two phases was five kilometers, while the length of roads reached 17 kilometers, at a cost of one billion and 300 million dirhams. .
The implementation of the project is in line with the directives of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in the immediate commencement of the implementation of road projects and transport systems related to meet the requirements of the Emirate of Dubai to host Expo 2020, to ensure the smooth movement Traffic, serving visitors of the exhibition and future projects in the region.
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said: “The road network project leading to Expo is one of the largest road projects being implemented by RTA to meet the requirements of Dubai to host Expo 2020. Due to the magnitude of the project, it has been divided into six phases. The third phase of the project provides free traffic between Expo Street and Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, where the conversion of the light-emitting roundabout into a bridge intersection. Increase energy The third phase provides direct traffic to the Expo westward on the Expo Road, and additional traffic capacity from Expo towards Expo Street and Sheikh Zayed Bin Street. Hamdan Al Nahyan, which contributes to the reduction of flight time and traffic flow.
He added: The fourth phase of the project provides free traffic between Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and Al Yalais Street, and the conversion of the light-controlled roundabout to a bridge intersection increases the capacity of the street from 3000 vehicles per hour to 10,000 vehicles per hour to the east and west of the country. Al Yalais Street, offers better traffic to Expo, and to Jafza area towards Emirates Road across Al Yalais Street.
third level
Al Tayer said: The total length of the bridges carried out in the third phase was approximately three kilometers, while the length of roads is six and a half kilometers. This phase of the project included the development of the Expo intersection with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and turning it into a bridge intersection providing free traffic. In all directions, through the lifting of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and the aggregate (service) roads with five bridges, and provide four wrap movements and links to ensure the smooth flow of traffic from Expo Road north to Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street towards Dubai Al Ain Street. These connectors will provide traffic flow The Expo 2020 from Expo Street in the south towards the Expo, and the exit from the exhibition from Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street to Expo Street in the north, in addition to providing exit traffic through the movement of a bridged detour along Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan The project also includes the development of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road towards Al Maktoum International Airport from a new road with a capacity of five lanes in each direction, along two kilometers from the Expo intersection with Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street towards Al Maktoum International Airport. Increase the number of Expo Street trails by four Li six lanes in each direction approximately four kilometers long.
The fourth stage
The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority said that the fourth phase of the road project leading to the Expo site includes the development of three interchanges and the expansion of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street from two lanes in each direction to five lanes in each direction with a length of four kilometers and 600 meters. The intersection of Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and Al Yalais Street will be developed and transformed into a bridge intersection providing free traffic in all directions, by lifting Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and the assembly roads (service) with four bridges, and providing two detour and free connections to secure Streamlined Traffic from Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street in the West to Al Yalais Street in the North towards Sheikh Zayed Road, and from Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street in the East to Al Yalais Street in the South towards Emirates Road. The project also includes the construction of a two-lane service road in each direction on Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street and Al Yalais Street, as well as the development of the entrances to the Dubai Investment Park. On the street He pointed out that the length of the bridges to be implemented in the fourth stage is two kilometers, while the roads are 10 kilometers and 300 meters long.
It is worth mentioning that the roads leading to the Expo site are divided into six phases. In addition to the third and fourth phases that opened (Saturday), there are the first and second phases, which include converting the roundabout on the intersection of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road with Expo Street to a bridge intersection providing traffic. Free traffic in each direction, and the implementation of two bridges intersections that form direct entrances and exits for Expo 2020 from Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road to ensure free movement in and out of the exhibition site.The total length of roads in both phases is 43 kilometers, while the fifth and sixth phases include the development of Expo Street. And develop a catch The total length of bridges in the two phases is four kilometers and the roads are 11 kilometers.