Hamdan bin Mohammed looks at the progress of work in the axes of strategic roads in Dubai

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, reviewed the progress of work in a number of strategic road axes implemented by the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, to enhance the smooth flow of traffic and the ease of movement in the Emirate of Dubai, and also seen the timetable to implement the main road axes until 2027, which serves eight million people until 2040, The road map for the operation of self -driving taxis, and the development of the typical neighborhood in the second Al Barsha area.

Strategic axes

At the beginning of the visit, His Highness was briefed on a mural that explains the most important road projects and strategic axes, which the Roads and Transport Authority intends to implement according to the plan (2025-2027), which number 57 projects, including the implementation of roads with a length of 226 km, 115 bridges and tunnels, and according to the plan, 11 major axes will be implemented in different regions of the emirate, including eight vertical axes, three new axes, The most important of them is the development of the Umm Suqeim axis – Al -Qudra, Hessa Street, and Latifa Bint Hamdan Street from its intersection with Al -Khail Street to Emirates Street, Al -Midan Street, Al -Mustaqbal Street and Dubai World Trade Center roundabout, and Alfi Street, which is the extension of Al -Khail Street from its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street, passing through Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street until its intersection with Emirates Street, and serve these projects, eight million people until 2040.

Umm Suqeim axis – ability

His Highness listened to an explanation from the Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai, Matar Al -Tayer, about the progress of work in the project of developing the Umm Suqeim axis – Al -Qudra, which extends from his intersection with Jumeirah Street, until his intersection with Emirates Street, with a total length of 16 km, and serves many residential and developmental areas, whose population is estimated at more than a million people, and includes the development of four intersections, including the implementation of bridges and tunnels with length 7000 meters, and contributes to increasing the capacity from 8400 vehicles per hour to 12 thousand and 600 vehicles per hour, and reducing the flight time from 46 minutes to 11 minutes, and given the enormity of the project, and to ensure speed of implementation, it was divided into three stages, and the completion rate in the first stage, which includes the development of Umm Saqim Street from its intersection with Al -Khail Street to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street 50%.

Hessa Street

His Highness also listened to an explanation about the progress of work in the project of developing Hessa Street, which was carried out some of its stages, as the completion rate reached nearly 60%, and the project includes the development of four intersections, by implementing bridges of 9000 meters, which contributes to increasing the capacity of the street by 100%, as it will rise from 4000 vehicles per hour, to 8000 vehicles per hour, and reduce the trip time from 30 minutes to seven minutes, and the number of beneficiaries is estimated from the project About 640 thousand people.

The project includes the implementation of a path for bicycles and electric shots, with a length of 13.5 km, linking the Al -Safouh and Dubai Hills areas through Hessa Street, and the path includes the implementation of two bridges for bicycles and pedestrians. The pedestrian path.

Alfa Street

His Highness continued an explanation of the project to develop the Al -Fifi Street axis, which is one of the most important strategic axes in the emirate, which is the extension of Al -Khail Street from its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Street, passing through Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street until its intersection with Emirates Street, and includes the implementation of roads with a length of 12 thousand and 900 meters, and the development of five intersections, by implementing bridges with a length of 13 thousand and 500 meters, and the project contributes to providing an additional capacity of 64 One thousand and 400 vehicles per hour, and the number of beneficiaries of the street is estimated at 600 thousand people.

Sheikh Zayed Street

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum reviewed the plan of the Sheikh Zayed Street Development Project, which serves 2.5 million people, and the most important indicators of rapid traffic solutions and the transfer policies applied, during the period from January to April 2025, where seven fast traffic solutions were implemented, contributed to reducing the crowds by 5 and 10%, and flexible tariffs of the roads contributed to reducing traffic volumes by 9%, and increasing the use of means Collective transport, by 4%, while the flexible tariff policy contributed to reducing traffic sizes by 2.3%, and increasing the rate of mass transportation by 1%.

Smart technologies

His Highness the Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Chairman of the Executive Council of the Emirate of Dubai, listened to an explanation of the use of smart technologies in following up the road projects in the emirate, where the “drone” is used to analyze data for the progress of work in the project, by employing artificial intelligence to follow up on the progress of the work, and this technology contributed to raising the efficiency of operations in construction sites and the speed of decision -making, providing direct information and with high accuracy, and raising the level of attendance The field is 100%, and to reduce the time taken for field surveys by 60%, and the technique of filming the timeline “Time Bus” is used to follow up on the progress of work in construction sites around the clock, and its use contributed to raising the efficiency of the follow -up by 40%, and reducing delay in projects by 20%, as a result of the early detection of the challenges facing the project.

Bicycle tracks

His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was briefed on bicycle paths in the Emirate of Dubai, which is 557 km long, and work is underway to implement 100 km long paths, and the authority intends to implement 185 kilometers in the coming years, and the number of bicycle trips last year reached 47 million trips, and His Highness also listened to an explanation of the initiative to name bike paths, with the aim of developing bicycle paths and providing services Exceptional for its users, enhancing partnership with the private sector, developing tracks by giving a distinctive character, as well as initiatives to provide investment opportunities, providing bike services on paths, and organizing sports and entertainment events.

Self -driving vehicles

His Highness listened to an explanation of the road map to operate self -driving taxis, as the authority has signed agreements with three international companies specialized in operating self -driving taxis, where in the first stage more than 60 vehicles will be started in the process of road surveying, mapping and data collection, and in the second stage, operating experiments in these vehicles in areas that were identified based on several criteria, the most important of which are traffic safety in the emirate, which amount to 65 different areas, The launch of the service will be official in the first quarter of 2026, and the road map is an important stage in the framework of the efforts of the Roads and Transport Authority to achieve the Dubai Self -Driving Intelligence Strategy, aimed at converting 25% of the total transport trips in Dubai to self -driving trips through various means of transportation by 2030.

The typical district of Al Barsha 2

His Highness also listened to an explanation of the typical neighborhood in the second Al Barsha area, which contributes to enhancing the level of quality of life, increasing green and open spaces, improving the level of pedestrian paths, and supporting sustainable movement by enhancing safe and easy communication without the need to use vehicles, in line with the targets of the Dubai Urban Plan 2040.

The project supports the principle of the 20 -minute city and aims to facilitate the movement and flow of the transportation of individuals to reach the basic services that the population needs, such as educational, health, commercial, recreational, mosques and nurseries, through walking and using bicycles and sustainable flexible mobility systems to enhance the quality of life in Dubai.

The model neighborhood project in the second Al Barsha area includes the implementation of the infrastructure for flexible mobility in the second Al Barsha area, and it includes the implementation of bicycle and walking paths with a length of 17 km, and the paths in the model district will be linked in the second Al Barsha area, at the Emirates Mall, the Creative Al Quoz area and a bicycle path at Hessa Street to walking paths and bicycles in Dubai Hills, in addition to linking with tourist and residential destinations in the Al -Safouh area and beach Jumeirah, the project also includes the creation of three social spaces and breaks for the service and pedestrians, enhancing green spaces and planting more than 590 trees, raising the level of services and adding joint umbrella devices, and two bicycles and shots.

• 557 kilometers in the length of the bike paths in 2024, 100 km under implementation, and 185 km future paths.

• Implementing 115 bridges, tunnels and roads with a length of 226 km.

• A plan to implement 11 heads of the road network serves eight million people until 2040.

• Development of the Umm Suqeim axis – the ability by implementing bridges and tunnels with a length of 7000 meters.