Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will open on Thursday (June 30) the initial phase of the main traffic diversion extending from the intersection of Casablanca Road with the Airport Road (Cargo Village intersection) up to the intersection of Marrakech Road with the Airport Road (in the direction from Deira to Rashidiya) spanning about 1.1 km in total.
The detour is part of an ongoing RTA project to improve the traffic flow on intersections in the aream, said a senior official.
"RTA had charted a plan for traffic diversions all along the Airport Road in both directions, which involves providing a permanent detour throughout the project construction period over two phases," remarked Maitha bin Adai, the chief executive of RTA’s Traffic & Roads Agency.
"The move is driven by RTA’s keenness to ensure the safety of Airport Road users, and ensure a smooth traffic flow while maintaining the same number of the existing traffic lanes," she stated.
"Under Phase I, this detour would remain in place till the end of August," she added.
According to her, the detour would be fitted with all needed traffic safety means such as traffic signals and cautionary lights. "It would conform to the specifications of roads in terms of high engineering designs, and the type of asphalt used in a way matching to the designed speed limit of the road to ensure the traffic safety to users."
"Due consideration is given to avoiding any disruption of traffic movement, which would trigger congestion. The project work zone would be separated by high barriers to mitigate the noise as much as possible for road users and residents of surrounding areas," stated bin Adai.
She said the Airport Road junction work was on track with constructing bridges & underpasses currently underway in concurrence with the ongoing utility lines works, besides the construction of a sewage system pumping station in the area.
"The project also includes the construction of a flyover of three lanes in each direction along with a ramp from the bridge to Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport, bypassing the waiting time at the traffic signal," explained bin Adai.
"A tunnel of two lanes in each direction is being constructed to serve the leftward-bound traffic movement from the Airport Road to the direction of Marrakech Road, which would also slash the waiting time at the junction from seven minutes to less than one minute," she added.-TradeArabia News Service
RTA to open major traffic detour in Dubai
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