Project Description

• Construction of four main intersections, 4,300 metres of bridges, and 14 km of roads.
• First intersection: Oud Metha and Sheikh Rashid Streets intersection, involves adding a left-turn lane for traffic from Oud Metha to Sheikh Rashid Street.
• Second intersection: Oud Metha Street with Al Asayel and Al Nawras Streets, involves the construction of two bridges connecting Al Asayel Street to Al Khail Road via Al Nawras Street.
• Third intersection: The intersection of Al Nawras Street and Al Khail Road, where a two-lane bridge will be constructed.
• Fourth intersection: The intersection of Zabeel Palace Street with Al Khail and Oud Metha Street, by adding an extra lane on the left-turn ramp for traffic from Al Khail Street to Dubai - Al Ain Road.

Project Benefits

• Caters a number of service, residential and development areas, most notably Zabeel, Al Jaddaf, Oud Metha, Umm Hurair, Latifa Hospital, and Al Wasl Club.
• Increases the capacity of Oud Metha Street from 10,400 vehicles per hour to 15,600 vehicles per hour in both directions and reduces the travel time from 20 minutes to 5 minutes.
• Boosting the capacity to 1,800 vehicles per hour at the first intersection.
• Accommodates a capacity of 2,400 vehicles per hour for the first bridge and a capacity of 3,600 vehicles per hour for the second bridge from the construction of the second intersection.
• Accommodates a capacity of 3,000 vehicles per hour via a two-lane bridge with the construction of the third intersection.
• Increases the capacity from 900 vehicles per hour to 1,800 vehicles per hour with the construction of the fourth intersection.