Sharjah Corniche Road opens on Thursday

The Sharjah Public Works Department and Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq) will jointly open the Sharjah Corniche Road (Al Bahr Road) on Thursday, after the completion of the Dh21 million development works and the provision of service facilities on the road that connects Ahmed bin Darwish Square to Al Merraija Square.

Corniche Road is situated within the ‘Heart of Sharjah’ project, which is overseen by Shurooq, in cooperation with a number of government authorities and departments in Sharjah. Al Bahr Road forms the waterfront of the Heart of Sharjah project.

Fadi Yousef, project manager at the Sharjah Public Works Department, said: "Sharjah Corniche (Al Bahr Road) is one of the main arterial roads that delivers traffic from many surrounding roads to freeways. Al Bahr Road is the main thoroughfare within the Heart of Sharjah project and runs parallel to Al Arouba Road; both roads connect Sharjah with Ajman and therefore experience traffic congestion during rush hours."

He said the road will be ready to receive vehicles in both directions and that public stops were provided, noting that the department has taken precautionary measures by adding backup electricity generation, water supply and sewage systems, which will contribute to accelerating the pace of future development works in the area as no additional backup installations will be required.

Yousif Al Mutawa, Manager of the Heart of Sharjah Destination, said that the opening of Sharjah Corniche (Al Bahr) Road will help ease the flow of traffic during rush hours, especially as the area includes one of the liveliest old markets, and that this will accelerate the development works of the first phase of the Heart of Sharjah project.

Heart of Sharjah is a five-phase, 15-year historical preservation and restoration project that aims to revitalise the heritage area in the heart of Sharjah. Construction work on the first phase has already commenced.


 

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