Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) recently announced that it completed all phases of Al Khail Road Development Project. The project included the construction of five bridges spanning 3,300 meters and a road widening of over 6,820 meters. RTA made these improvements in seven locations along Al Khail Road, namely Al Jaddaf, Business Bay, Zabeel, Meydan, Al Quoz 1, Ghadeer Al Tair, and Jumeirah Village Circle.
The project serves 1.5 million people and contributes to a 30 percent reduction in travel time while increasing the capacity of existing intersections and bridges to accommodate around 19,600 vehicles per hour. It also enhances traffic flow on Al Khail Road, resolves traffic overlapping at interchanges and ensures free-flowing traffic.
Accelerated construction
RTA adopted a new approach to accelerate construction, reducing the construction period from 18 months to nine months. The authority, by awarding contracts to multiple companies, reduced construction time by 80 percent. As a result, the project deployed a daily workforce of 5,000 engineers and laborers, logging six million work hours, and using 650 machines and equipment daily.
Network development
Dubai’s Al Khail Road Development Project is one of the key strategic projects aimed at upgrading parallel and supporting road corridors to Sheikh Zayed Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Emirates Road. In addition, it is one of the primary arterial roads in Dubai, starting from the Business Bay Crossing and ending at its intersection with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road. The road consists of five lanes in each direction, expanding to more than six lanes in some areas.
The first development under the project was a 700-meter bridge between Oud Metha Street and Financial Center Street intersections, connecting traffic from Zabeel Palace Street and Oud Metha Street to Al Khail Road towards Jebel Ali. The bridge has three lanes with a capacity of 4,800 vehicles per hour.
The second is a 610-meter bridge with two lanes between Al Meydan Road and Ras Al Khor Road intersections, connecting traffic from Meydan Street to Al Khail Road towards Deira, with a capacity of 3,200 vehicles per hour. The RTA also built a 650-meter bridge with two lanes between the intersections of Al Meydan Road and Al Waha Street in addition to a 640-meter bridge with two lanes between the intersections of Al Meydan Road and Latifa bint Hamdan Street.
In Jumeirah Village Circle, RTA built a 700-meter bridge with two lanes between Hessa Street and Al Khamila Street, connecting traffic from Al Khail Road to Hessa Street.
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Surface expansions
In addition, it worked on the surface expansion of Al Khail Road in Al Jaddaf by adding a new lane over 600 meters long to improve traffic flow towards Deira, increasing the road’s capacity between the intersections of Oud Metha Street and Financial Centre Street by approximately 2,000 vehicles per hour.
Finally, RTA widened the surface of Al Khail Road at the entrance to Business Bay by adding an extra 435-meter lane to ensure smoother flow to the Business Bay area from Al Khail Road and step up the traffic safety of that sector of the road in the direction of Jebel Ali.
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