RTA completes 80% of vital Dubai internal roads project

RTA completes 80% of vital Dubai internal roads project

Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that 80 per cent of the work on the 77-km-long Al Khawaneej 2 Internal Roads Project has been completed. The project is being undertaken under the 5-Year Plan endorsed by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, for building internal roads in several Dubai residential districts, said a statement from RTA. The project covers the construction of an internal roads network stretching 77 km comprising of 68 km of single carriageways and 9 km of collector dual carriageways. Works include road construction and infrastructure works such as rainwater drainage inspection chambers along with improvements in electricity, water and streetlight networks, it stated. On the project progress, RTA Director-General and Chairman Mattar Al Tayer said: "The contractor has