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The project is slated for opening in next December
The Roads and Transport Authority - Mohammed Al Munji:
HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced that the dualization of the 12 km-long SeihAssalam Road has so reached 40% and the project is set for opening next December. The scope of works under this phase extends from Bab Al Shams Hotel and the Dubai International Endurance City to the R/A of the Cycling Rest Point on Al Qudra Road, costing about to 69 million dirham.
Al Tayer made such statement during a site tour of the project where he reviewed road construction and lighting works, and the shifting of power cables, water lines and the rainwater drainage network. The project encompasses broadening the existing road stretching from Bab Al Shams Hotel and the Dubai International Endurance City to the R/A of the Cycling Rest Point on Al Qudra Road to a two-lanes motorway in each direction.
"Three new R/As will be constructed at intersection points. The scope of works include street lighting, constructing storm-water network, protecting/shifting the existing utility lines in some areas, erecting metal rails for the median to fend off casual U-turns, repainting ground markings, and conserving the existing trees," said Al Tayer.
"The RTA will shortly undertake Phase II of SeihAssalam Road running 20k from the R/A of the Rest Area of the Cycling Track up to the Dubai - Al Ain Road. Upon the completion of Phase I and II, the project will form a key traffic corridor starting from the Dubai International Endurance City up to the R/A of the Rest Area of the Cycling Track, and from there to Dubai - Al Ain Road, or Al Qudra Road; which passes over Emirates Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and runs through to Jumeirah," explained Al Tayer.
It is noteworthy that the RTA has accomplished this year the widening of Al Qudra Road in a sector extending 12 km from Jebel Ali-Lehbab junction up to Bab Al Shams R/A, comprising three lanes in each direction at a cost of 110 million dirham. Early this year it opened Al Qudra Road extending from Jebel Ali - Lehbab Road up to Bab Al Shams R/A. The RTA also opened on 31 January last the new bridge parallel to the old bridge crossing Jebel Ali - Lehbab Road, diverted the cycling track to the new bridge, and erected a protecting boundary wall separating the cycling track from the Road. On March 31, the RTA opened vehicles & camels crossing tunnels on Al Qudra Road.
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© Press Release 2015
