Roads & Transport Authority - News Details

HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that the completion rate of Ras Al Khor Street Improvement Project (Ex Al Awir Street) and the Entrances of the International City Project had reached 83%. The project, which is coordinated with International City main developer Nakheel, had been undertaken as a result of the traffic impact study for International City and Dragon Mart, especially after the expansion of Dragon Mart, and the expected growth of traffic density in the area.

“Phase II of the project, which is expected to be opened this March, includes improvements on Al Manama Street and widening the junctions, namely the extension of Al Manama-Al Warsan 1 Streets (previously Nouakchott St), Al Manama Street-Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and the International City-Al Manama Streets. Improvements of junctions also include the construction of bridges and signalised junctions enabling movement in all directions, namely on Al Manama-International City Streets (previously Street 414), Al Manama-Warsan 1 Streets, and Al Manama Street-Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road,” said Al Tayer.

The improvement of Al Manama Street-Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road includes widening the flyover above Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road from three to four lanes in each direction to increase its capacity from 4500 to 6000 vehicles per hour. It also includes increasing the number of lanes  in the sector from Ras Al Khor Street to Sharjah, and from  International City to Jebel Ali and Abu Dhabi, from one to two lanes. The step will double the capacity of slipways from 800 to 1600 vehicles per hour.

Al Manama Street will be widened in the sector between Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and the entrance of the International City from three to six lanes in each direction. The step will increase the street capacity by 1500 vehicles per hour per direction. Al Manama Street will be widened in a sector from the entrance of  International City up to Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street from two to five lanes in each direction. These works will increase the street capacity from 3000 vehicles per hour to 7500 vehicles per hour.

Phase II also includes the improvement of the junction of Al Manama Street and the entrance of the International City to a signalised junction enabling movement in all directions, and the construction of a flyover of three lanes in each direction, offering free crossing of Al Manama Street. The step will increase the capacity of the street to 4500 vehicles per hour.

Works also include improving the existing surface intersection of Al Manama with Warsan Street 1 (previously Nouakchott Street) to a signalised junction enabling movement in all directions. A two-lane flyover will be constructed to serve the traffic from Warsan Street 1 to the left in the direction of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street. It will increase the capacity of the intersection by 3000 vehicles per hour.

Phase I

In  July 2018  RTA opened Phase I of Ras Al Khor and the entrances of the International City Project. Works included improvements on Ras Al Khor Street from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road to Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street. A two-lane flyover had been constructed between Warsan 1 and Ras Al Khor Streets enabling free traffic from Warsan 1 Street to Ras Al Khor Street to the west (in the direction of Dubai Downtown). It included U-turns for traffic from Ras Al Khor Street to Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and a service road in both directions of Ras Al Khor Street to ensure the smooth traffic flow on this key road and separate it from  International City, Dragon Mart and Al Warqaa.