RTA completes 75% of Garn Al Sabkha-Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Roads Intersection Improvement Project

RTA completes 75% of Garn Al Sabkha-Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Roads Intersection Improvement Project

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced the completion of 75% of the Intersection of Garn Al Sabkha-Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Roads Improvement Project. It involves the construction of four bridges that span 2,874 meters in total designed to handle a traffic capacity of 17,600 vehicles per hour.

The project is undertaken in response to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, to enhance the road network infrastructure in Dubai to cope with the ongoing urban and population growth of Dubai, with the follow-up of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Chairman of the Executive Council.

The contractor has completed the construction of the foundations and columns of the bridges and is currently working on casting the bridge walls, installing iron supports, expanding the roads, lighting works, rainwater drainage networks and the necessary traffic diversions to complete the bridge construction works. One of the main bridges is expected to be completed by the second quarter of this year.

Smooth Traffic Flow

His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, RTA said: “The project is part of a