Sunday, Jun 13, 2010
Gulf News
Contractor providing the final touches to project’s 10 bridges
Dubai All bridges leading to the entry and exit points of the Park-and-Ride facilities of Al Rashidiya Metro Station will be opened on July 15. The contractor is currently making the final touches in preparation for the opening of the bridges.
The final stage of the project includes the opening of 10 bridges with a total length of 1.5km and roads stretching 2.5km.
The bridges will ensure free movement on Emirates Road for traffic inbound from Abu Dhabi towards the parking of the Metro station. The project also includes improvements at the juncture of Emirates Road and Al Khawaneej Road to streamline traffic flow inbound from Airport Road towards Al Qusais and Sharjah, as well as traffic from Abu Dhabi and Jebel Ali towards Al Khawaneej Road.
“RTA had already opened Phase 1 of the project whose cost is estimated at Dh699 million on September 9, 2009 to coincide with the launch of the Dubai Metro,” said Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).
Al Tayer said Phase 1 comprised the construction of free turns connecting with Emirates Road and Airport Road, in addition to two bridges on Al Khawaneej Road to ease the traffic flow from and to the parking of Al Rashidiya Metro Station, which has a capacity to house 2,750 vehicles.
He added that Phase I also provided entries to the Metro station on two levels for the traffic incoming from Sharjah with a total length of 1km. Such bridges cross Al Khawaneej Road in the direction leading to Airport Road.
Al Tayer said the construction of the bridges reflected the RTA’s attention to upgrade the efficiency of roads network, ensure better flow of vehicles and link the Park-and-Ride facilities of the Metro stations with the roads network.
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