Dubai Trade Centre project by November

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), announced that completion rate has touched 90 per cent in the Trade Center Bridges Project at Zaabeel, and added that the project, which has a cost tag of Dh719.37m, is expected to be opened in the second half of November 2013.

Al Tayer made these remarks following a tour to the project site where he was accompanied by Nabeel Mohammed Salih, Director of Roads; Hussain Al Banna, Director of Traffic; Nazim Faisal, Director of Roads Maintenance; Adel Al Marzooki, Director of Parking; and several engineers from the Traffic & Roads Agency as well as the project contractor.

Al Tayer was briefed by engineers about the work progress in the project which encompasses the construction of 22 bridges of precast concrete units forming a corridor spanning 4,250 meters comprising two lanes in each direction together with a concrete ramp extending 120 meters added to serve the traffic outbound to Al Maktoum Bridge.

Al Tayer inspected the project components where construction works have been completed in most interchanges with main roads such as Sheikh Zayed Road, Sheikh Rashid Road, and Zabeel 2 Road.

Al Tayer directed to assess the level of traffic safety in the Bridge before being opened, particularly in the approaches of the World Trade Centre, and erect cautionary signage for motorists to reduce speed well before vehicles start descending from the Bridge.

He also directed to study placing directive signs in the approach to the bridge to help motorists identify their destinations properly.

The Trade Centre Bridges Project is by far the largest phase of the Parallel Roads Project; which is one of the massive road projects undertaken by the RTA aimed at linking the Western Parallel Road with the Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Road and Street 312.

The project also serves traffic in the opposite direction of Street 312 passing by the Trade Centre heading towards Al Maktoum and Al Garhoud Bridges as well as the Dubai-Al Ain Road.

It also includes improving the signalised junctions at the intersection of the Trade Centre in addition to infrastructure and lighting works.

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