16 July 2016
Projects cost about 65 m dirham, include Mainland, Abu Dhabi Island

Abu Dhabi Dhabi City Municipality 16 July 2016:

The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) is undertaking a raft of projects for rehabilitating and maintaining internal roads at Mainland, Greater Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Island with a view to upgrading the infrastructure to bring it at par with the standards of sustainable development in Abu Dhabi. The projects are part of the Municipality's efforts to meet the needs of road users in terms of traffic safety, efficient network of roads, underpasses and bridges, besides lighting of roads and public utilities.

Undertaking maintenance & rehabilitation projects is part of the commitment of the Department of Municipal Affairs & Transport to revamp the infrastructure, improve roads & bridges network, and nurture a modern infrastructure capable of keeping pace with the ongoing development drive in Abu Dhabi and in line with the Abu Dhabi Plan 2030.

The total cost of these maintenance projects exceeds 65 million dirham. Jobs cover maintenance works at Musaffah & Mohammed bin Zayed City, maintenance & refurbishments of internal roads at the Grater Abu Dhabi  - Mainland 1,2 and 3, and the rehabilitation & improvement of internal roads (MA) - (MB) at a cost of 27,155,812  dirham.

Maintenance & rehabilitation projects inside Abu Dhabi Island include Upgrading Internal Roads project within Abu Dhabi Island (1A), (1B) at a cost of 35 million dirham.

They also include fixing, refurbishing and replacing lighting poles and lighting fixtures for roads, bridges, auto tunnels and pedestrian subways at Abu Dhabi city - Zone East/West costing 20 m dirham.

All of these projects, which cost more than 65 million dirham combined, will have a significant role in improving the performance of roads & tunnels network, and lighting as well as improving the traffic safety to align it with the world-class standards applicable in the Emirate. These projects also contribute to enhancing the capacity, and the prescribed lifetime of municipal assets.

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