The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened Part I of the Hessa Road Improvement Venture, marking a significant milestone in a strategic street improve designed to ease congestion and assist Dubai’s long-term city development.
The newly opened part extends from Al Khail Highway to Sheikh Zayed Highway over a size of 4.5km and consists of the widening of Hessa Road, alongside bridges at intersections with Al Asayel Road, First Al Khail Road, and Sheikh Zayed Highway.
Capability has been expanded to 4 lanes in every course, enhancing visitors stream for autos travelling from Al Khail Highway in direction of Hessa Road and onwards to Sheikh Zayed Highway.
General venture completion has reached 90 per cent, with the remaining street works, bridges, intersection enhancements, and biking tracks scheduled for completion within the second quarter of this 12 months.
Hessa Road in Dubai
Roads and Transport Authority Director Basic, Chairman of the Board of Government Administrators Mattar Al Tayer stated the Hessa Road Improvement Venture, with a complete value of roughly AED690mn ($188m), is being applied in keeping with the directives of the sensible management to proceed creating Dubai’s street infrastructure community and meet the necessities of sustained development, city enlargement, and inhabitants improve.
Al Tayer stated: “It constitutes a significant street infrastructure growth venture serving a number of residential and growth areas, together with Al Sufouh 2, Al Barsha residential space, and Jumeirah Village Circle.
“The inhabitants of the areas served by the venture is predicted to exceed 640,000 residents by 2030. The venture will double visitors capability on Hessa Road, rising capability from 8,000 autos per hour in each instructions to 16,000 autos per hour.
“Hessa Road Improvement Venture extends from the intersection with Sheikh Zayed Highway to the intersection with Al Khail Highway over a size of 4.5 km.
“The venture consists of the event of 4 main intersections alongside Hessa Road with Sheikh Zayed Highway, First Al Khail Road, Al Asayel Road, and Al Khail Highway, along with widening Hessa Road from two to 4 lanes in every course.
“These works will double visitors capability on Hessa Road, elevating it to eight,000 autos per hour, and embrace the development of a 13.5 km biking observe.”
Biking tracks
Al Tayer added: “The venture consists of creating devoted biking and e-scooter tracks extending 13.5 km, 4.5 metres vast. The observe hyperlinks Al Sufouh and Dubai Hills by way of Hessa Road and serves a number of residential neighbourhoods, together with Al Barsha and Barsha Heights.
“The event helps first- and last-mile journeys via direct connectivity with Dubai Web Metropolis Metro Station and key business and repair locations throughout the realm.
“The biking observe encompasses a devoted bridge crossing Sheikh Zayed Highway and Al Khail Highway, 5 metres vast (3 metres for biking and e-scooters and a couple of metres for pedestrians), and incorporates a singular architectural design impressed by the encompassing atmosphere”.
The venture consists of the event of 4 intersections:
- The primary is Hessa Road’s intersection with Sheikh Zayed Highway, the place a directional ramp bridge will probably be constructed with a capability of two lanes, passing over Dubai Metro’s Crimson Line and serving right-turning visitors from Sheikh Zayed Highway onto Hessa Road eastbound in direction of Emirates Highway
- The second intersection entails Hessa Road and First Al Khail Road, the place the variety of lanes on the Hessa Road bridge will improve from three to 4 lanes in every course, alongside traffic-flow enhancements on the signal-controlled floor intersection
- The venture additionally covers the intersection of Hessa Road with Al Asayel Road, rising the variety of lanes on the prevailing bridge from two lanes in every course to 4 lanes in every course, with extra traffic-flow enhancements on the signal-controlled at-grade intersection
- The fourth intersection, inaugurated on the finish of 2024, concerned the event of Hessa Road’s intersection with Al Khail Highway, the place a direct directional ramp comprising two lanes was constructed to serve visitors transferring from Hessa Road onto Al Khail Highway northbound in direction of Sharjah
