Sunday, December 25, 2022 – 1:15 PM
DUBAI, 25th December, 2020 (WAM) — The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) inaugurated today the first phase of the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Corridor development project, which extends from the intersection of Ras Al Khor Street with Dubai-Al Ain Street (Bukadra Intersection), to the intersection of Ras Al Khor Street with Nadd Al Hamar Street. It included the expansion of the street from three lanes in each direction to four lanes in each direction, with a length of four kilometers, and the opening of all bridges leading to (Dubai Creek Harbour), which is 1,730 meters long and has an estimated capacity of 10,600 vehicles per hour.
The first and second phases include the expansion of Ras Al Khor Street in the part extending from the intersection of Ras Al Khor Street with Dubai-Al Ain Street, to its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street, with a length of 8 km, and the implementation of a number of bridges with a total length of 2 km, and the construction of a service road on both sides of the road. When the two phases are completed, the project will contribute to increasing the capacity of Ras Al Khor Street to 10,000 vehicles per hour, and reducing the journey time from 20 minutes to about 7 minutes.
In the future, the project includes the implementation of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Crossing, a bridge that crosses Dubai Creek, linking the Al Jaddaf area in Bur Dubai to the road separating Dubai Creek and Dubai Festival City.
His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the RTA, said that the project is one of the strategic road projects, serving all developmental sectors of the Emirate of Dubai, and one of the largest projects currently being implemented by the RTA, pointing to raising the level of traffic safety and improving the flow of traffic. And solve the current traffic overlap areas, and serve many major development projects with an estimated population of 650 thousand people, including the projects of Al Khairan, Dubai Creek, Horizon Square, Ras Al Khor – Al Wasl, and Nad Al Hamar complex.
The first phase of the project was fully opened, which included the expansion of Ras Al Khor Street from three lanes in each direction to four lanes, and the construction of a service road with a capacity of two lanes along Ras Al Khor Street with a total length of 4.2 km. It also included the construction of two main bridges, the first with a capacity of three lanes. And a length of 740 meters, and serves traffic coming from Dubai-Al Ain Street and Al Khail Street, heading east to (Dubai Creek Harbor) area, and its capacity is estimated at about 7,500 vehicles per hour towards entry.
The length of the second bridge with ramps is 990 meters, with a capacity of two lanes, with an estimated capacity of 3,100 vehicles per hour, and serves the heavy traffic from (Dubai Creek Harbor), towards Ras Al Khor Street, in addition to the implementation of a new road with a length of 1.5 km, with a capacity of four lanes in In every direction, and constructing entrances and exits to and from the new completed areas and buildings to facilitate the traffic coming to them from the intersection of Nad Al Hamar with Ras Al Khor Street.
The second phase of the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Corridor development project aims to develop the intersection of Nadd Al Hamar Street with Ras Al Khor Street, with the aim of increasing the capacity of the intersection to 30,000 vehicles per hour, by constructing a two-lane bridge with a length of 988 meters, to provide free turning movement to the left, For the traffic coming from Nadd Al Hamar Street towards Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street, and the construction of another bridge with a capacity of two lanes with a length of 115 meters, to serve the traffic coming from Nadd Al Hamar Street to Ras Al Khor Street, towards Dubai-Al Ain Street, and the construction of a tunnel with a capacity of two lanes, and a length of 368 meters To provide a right-of-way detour for those coming from Ras Al Khor Street to the Nadd Al Hamar area, in addition to the improvement works on the existing intersection, and the expansion of the current detours. It also includes the expansion of Ras Al Khor Street in the part extending from its intersection with Nadd Al Hamar Street, to its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Street.
Islama Al-Hussein / Muhammad Jabullah