Dubai – Mubasher: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has awarded two contracts with a combined value of AED 1.3 billion for the third and the fourth phases of roads leading to Expo 2020 project.
The project is aimed at smoothing the flow of traffic to serve Expo visitors and covers the improvement of two intersections of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street with both Jebel Ali Lehbab Street and Al Yalayes Street, the Dubai's state-run utility stated on Sunday.
The project also comprises the construction of two flyovers at the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street in proximity to Dubai Investment Park.
"The improvement of roads network leading to Expo is one of the biggest road projects currently undertaken by the RTA to meet the needs of hosting Expo 2020 in Dubai,” RTA chairman and director general Mattar Al Tayer said.
The fresh contracts include the widening of Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street from two to five lanes in each direction, RTA revealed, giving no further details on the timeframe of the projects.
“Due to the immense nature of the project, it had been divided into six phases to ensure the delivery of all works on the prescribed timeline, well before the opening of Expo,” Al Tayer commented.
