Several traffic diversions are set to open this weekend in Dubai, reported Arabian Business.
The new routes are intended to make way for road construction projects this 2016 and 2017.
“The project encompasses the construction of a flyover of two lanes in each direction on the Sheikh Khalifa Road for traffic from and to Al Karama without waiting at the light signal. A 4-lane tunnel is being constructed to serve the traffic from and to Mina Rashid via Sheikh Rashid Road, which will ease the snarls at the junction,” Maitha bin Adai, CEO of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Traffic and Roads Agency, was quoted as saying.
Also quoting RTA in a statement, Arabian Business reported that the phase one of the main diversion of Shandagha Roads Improvement Project – Intersection of Sheikh Khalifa Road with Sheikh Rashid Road – will be opened and will extend from Sheikh Khalifa Road towards the Trade Center R/A and vice versa and from Al Garhoud towards Al Mina, through Sheikh Rashid Road and vice versa, with a total length of about 3km in two phases.
The diversion’s phase two, on the other hand, will involve the closure of two lanes of Al Awir in the direction from Dubai to Hatta-Oman.
