“Dubai Roads” is implementing internal roads in the first Al Awir area, with a length of 16.5 km

The Roads and Transport Authority announced the launch of an internal road project in the Al Awir First area, with a length of 16.5 km, to serve the residents of the Al Awir First area.

The project contributes to providing an additional entrance to the area from Emirates Road, which includes intersections and roundabouts, to facilitate residents’ access and reduce travel time. It also includes adding a lane on Emirates Road, from the entrance to the first Al Awir area to the entrance to the Emirate of Sharjah, and contributes to increasing the street’s capacity by 16%. .

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Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority, Mattar Al Tayer, said: The implementation of the project comes within the framework of the Roads and Transport Authority’s keenness to develop the basic infrastructure of the road network, lighting and rainwater drainage in residential areas to meet the increasing traffic volume, improve the flow of traffic, and raise the level of safety. Traffic, noting that the first Al Awir area is one of the large residential areas, which includes villas, residential complexes, mosques and service buildings.

Al Tayer added: The project includes the implementation of five-kilometre-long internal roads in the residential project of the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment, and the implementation of a road linking Emirates Road to the first Al Awir area, with a length of 7.5 kilometers, with a capacity of two lanes in each direction, intersections and roundabouts, and a reverse U-turn movement near Emirates Road. To connect the Mohammed bin Rashid Housing Establishment project with Emirates Road.
The development of the new entrance and exit contributes to increasing the capacity of the region’s entrances and exits from 1,500 vehicles per hour to 3,000 vehicles per hour, an increase of 100%. He pointed out that the project also includes implementing an additional lane on Emirates Road, with a length of four kilometers, extending from the entrance to the first Al Awir area. To the entrance to the Emirate of Sharjah, at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour, with a capacity of 2,000 vehicles per hour, and this path will contribute to improving the flow of movement. traffic, and increasing the street’s capacity by 16%.

Al Warqa
It should be noted that the Authority has begun implementing additional entrances and exits in four residential areas: Al Warqaa, Nad Hessa, Al Barsha South, and Wadi Al Safa 3, where work is currently underway to implement an additional entrance and exit to the Al Warqaa area directly from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and to develop Street. Al Warqa 1, and converting the current roundabouts into intersections controlled by traffic lights with special specifications to ensure reducing traffic density.
The project serves more than 350,000 people, and upon completion it will contribute to facilitating the process of entry and exit to and from the area, increasing the capacity of Al Warqa Street 1 by 30%, and reducing travel time by 80%, as it will decrease from 20 minutes to 3.5 minutes, and will reduce the distance traveled. For trips from 5.7 km to 1.5 km.

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The project includes providing an additional entrance and exit to the Nad Hessa area from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and from Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street, with a capacity of two lanes and a capacity of 6,000 vehicles per hour. It serves the Nad Hessa area, Al Warsan 4th, Hessah Gardens, and Dubai Silicon Oasis. It is estimated Its population is more than 300 thousand people.
The project extends from the intersection with the service street adjacent to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street until its intersection with Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street. It also includes the implementation of a two-lane street in each direction, opposite the Nad Hessa area, and includes a roundabout that serves the entrances and exits of each of the Nad Hessa areas. And the Dubai Silicon Oasis Complex, and providing a signal-controlled intersection with Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Road, to reduce the journey time from 138 seconds. to 37 seconds, an improvement of 80%.

Wadi Al Safa 3
The project in Wadi Al Safa 3 included implementing a direct entrance from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road to the Wadi Al Safa 3 area for those coming from Dubai – Al Ain Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, with a length of 4 kilometers for internal roads and the entrance, to serve the residents of the area, and the project contributes to reducing the distance traveled. For residents of the area, about 10 km, and reducing the access time to the area from 10 minutes to two minutes.

Al Barsha South
The Authority completed road development work in the Al Barsha South area, where modifications were made to the traffic lights at the intersection between Hessa Street and the Al Barsha South area, which included adding a third lane to turn left and enter from Hessa Street to the Al Barsha South area. The modifications also included the expansion of Hessa Street by adding… Two lanes, 1,114 meters long, at the intersection that serves irrigated traffic coming from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road towards Al Khail Road, bringing the total number of lanes to four lanes in each direction. The project contributes to improving Entrances and exits to the Al Barsha South area, increasing the capacity from 6,000 vehicles per hour in both directions, to 9,000 vehicles per hour in both directions, improving the flow of traffic, and reducing the waiting time at the traffic signal from four minutes to one minute.