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Dubai Roads opens the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Street development project

  • Opening of two bridges at the intersection of Dubai Silicon Oasis.

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  • Mattar Al Tayer: "Traffic solutions for developing intersections are temporary, and will be developed in the future with a package of final traffic solutions."

  • The authority opened two bridges at the intersection of Dubai Silicon Oasis, with a length of 120 meters.

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Yesterday, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) inaugurated the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street development project, in the part extending from its intersection with Dubai-Al Ain Street, to the Academic City Roundabout, with a length of about three kilometers, and the opening of two bridges at the intersection of Dubai Silicon Oasis, with a length of 120 meters. With a capacity of four lanes in each direction, and a capacity of 14,400 vehicles per hour in both directions, to ensure the smooth flow of traffic on Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, in both directions.

The project serves Dubai Silicon Oasis, more than 25 universities and colleges, and 27,500 students, in addition to development projects in the area. In the future, the Authority intends to develop the street in the part that extends from Academic City, until its intersection with Al Awir Street.

The Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, Mattar Al Tayer, said that the implementation of the project 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 quickly complete road projects and transportation systems, to keep pace with the continuous development witnessed by the Emirate of Dubai. .

It also comes within the framework of the authority's comprehensive plan to develop the road network, bridges, crossings and tunnels, to accommodate the growing increase in traffic, improve transport and facilitate traffic in various regions of Dubai, and a translation of the authority's strategic plan in developing the infrastructure of road networks and the mass transit system, and developing integrated solutions from Road systems and land and sea transport networks are safe for users, meet the needs of population expansion and spread, and contribute to encouraging development and investment in the Emirate.

He added that the project included strengthening the entrances and exits to and from Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, by linking with the Dubai-Al Ain Street intersection, expanding the street to four lanes in each direction with a length of about three kilometers, and implementing two bridges at the Dubai Silicon Oasis intersection with a length of 120 meters. With a capacity of four lanes in each direction, and the implementation of an intersection under the two bridges, controlled by traffic lights, that includes 20 lanes in all directions, with a capacity of 8,000 vehicles per hour, to achieve smooth traffic flow leading to Dubai Silicon Oasis and Zayed University.

The project also included traffic development works at the Academic City roundabout, as well as street lighting services for highway facilities.

He explained that the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street development project (east towards Al Awir) comes as a continuation of the authority’s efforts, which it started to develop the extension of the street, by implementing a road with a capacity of four lanes in each direction, with a length of 25 km, starting from its intersection with Dubai-Al Ain Street until the roundabout. Al Yalayis Street.

It included the development of several intersections with the surrounding road network, where a bridge intersection was implemented at the intersection of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street with Latifa bint Hamdan Street near the entrance to the Global Village for those coming from Emirates Road, and the implementation of a roundabout controlled by light signals at its intersection with Al Qudra Road, and the implementation of A surface intersection governed by light signals with Hessa Road, explaining that "traffic solutions for the development of these intersections are temporary, and they will be developed in the future with a package of final traffic solutions."

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