Director General of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, Matar Mohammed Al Tayer, announced that 75% of the bridge project leading to the entrances to the Deira Islands, which includes the implementation of three bridges, is linked to the previously existing bridge, which crosses the navigation water channel and consists of six tracks in each direction, Its implementation comes within the framework of the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to complete a package of road projects related to the Shindagha axis, indicating that the project is expected to be completed in mid-June.
This came during his inspection of the work progress of the project, which is implemented by the authority in coordination and cooperation with the company «Nakheel», in the presence of managers and engineers from the authority. The project aims to improve the entrances and exits of the Deira Islands at the intersection of Gulf Street and Abu Bakr Al Siddik Street, and the total length of bridges towards Deira is 1.6 One kilometer, in addition to a bridge with a capacity of six tracks with a length of 140 meters, with a ramp of the bridge from the side of the Deira Islands, and there will be works on the existing bridge that includes paving work, building barriers, traffic lights, services and street lighting.
The project includes the implementation of a two-track bridge, which provides free traffic from the Deira Islands to the Gulf Street in the north, and another bridge with three paths that provides free traffic from the Deira Islands to the Gulf Street in the south, and a bridge with two paths that provides free traffic from the Gulf Street in the south to the Deira Islands, and was taken into consideration in Implementing the bridge intersection on Al Khaleej Street, allowing the provision of two future bridges towards Abu Bakr Al Siddik Street.
The project also includes raising the efficiency of Al Khaleej Street by a length of 1.8 km, from the Abu Hail intersection in the north to Al Baraha Hospital in the south, by adding two intersections ruled by traffic lights at the intersection of Al Khaleej Street with the Abu Hail and Abu Bakr Al Siddik streets, instead of the existing rotors, and these improvements are part of future improvements on the axis Al Shandagha
The "Deira Islands" project, which is being developed by the company "Nakheel", is the new waterfront of Dubai, and it consists of four artificial islands that were reclaimed within the waters of the Arabian Gulf along the coast of Deira, with an area of about 17 million square meters, which is the largest development project in the Deira region. It includes the implementation of hundreds of hotels, furnished apartments, mixed-use buildings and moorings. The population of the project is expected to reach approximately 250,000 people, and 80,000 employees.
110 thousand trip during rush hour
According to traffic studies, it is expected that the traffic volume generated by the project of bridges leading to the entrances to the Deira Islands will reach about 110 thousand trips during rush hour, which requires the implementation of huge infrastructure for the road network and public transport systems, with three bridges to the main entrances and exits of the project, crossing the navigational water channel, Including two entrances located at the intersection of Al Khaleej Street with each of Abu Bakr Al Siddiq Street and Abu Hail Street, while the third entrance extends from Al Mina Street alongside Rashid Port, taking into account the presence of direct access and free movement, through interchanges bridged on all entrances of the project.