A major road that will connect Jumeirah and Al Khail is on its last phase of completion and is set to open to the public later this year.
The said road, which costs Dh800 million to build, is part of the first contract of the Latifa bint Hamdan and Umm Al-Sheef Streets Project.
Mattar Al Tayer, director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said that the road is 86 percent completed and is expected to be finished by the last quarter of 2018.
“The project is undertaken in response to the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to carry on with the construction of roads and transportation projects to cope with the upswing and demographic expansion of Dubai and the drive to bring happiness to people,” Al Tayer said.
“It would also accommodate the growing traffic volumes and ease the mobility in various parts of Dubai. The project also complements RTA’s strategic plan for improving vertical traffic corridors such as the Airport Street, Tripoli Street, Al Yalayes Street and Al Asayel Street.
The first contract of the project covers the construction of Latifa bint Hamdan Street and Umm Al-Sheef Street from Al-Safa Interchange (2nd I/C) to Al-Manara Interchange on the Sheikh Zayed Road (3rd I/C),” added Al Tayer.
