Dubai – Mubasher: Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), along with Nakheel Properties, has awarded a contract for the construction of three bridges leading to Deira Islands.
The bridges will be built at a total cost of AED 447 million ($121.6 million), RTA revealed.
The roads authority added that the bridges consist of six lanes in each direction and link with the existing bridge crossing the water canal, Arabian Business reported.
Nakheel's Deira Islands project, which comprises four artificial islands reclaimed from the Arabian Gulf along the coast of Deira spanning 17 million square metres, will be Dubai's new waterfront.
The new project is likely to attract around 250,000 residents, as well as 80,000 employees as nearly as it comprises hundreds of hotels, furnished flats, mixed-use buildings and marinas, RTA said.
“The project aims to improve the entrances and exits of Deira Islands at the intersection of Al Khaleej & Abu Baker Al Siddique Streets. The bridges span 1.6 kilometres in total,” director-general and chairman of the RTA Mattar Al Tayer said.
“An additional 140-metre bridge will be constructed together with a slip road on Deira Islands side. The existing bridge will also undergo improvements including re-pavement, rails, traffic signs, utility lines and street lighting,” he added.
Traffic studies revealed that the Deira Islands project is projected to generate about 110,000 journeys during peak hours, which requires a huge infrastructure of roads and public transport networks.
Moreover, three bridges will be built at the main entrances and exits of the new project crossing the water canal, including two entrances at the intersections on Al Khaleej Street with Abu Baker Al-Siddique and Abu Hail Streets.
