01 March 2020

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the opening of the last two phases of roads leading to Expo 2020 site.

The scope of work included the contruction of a flyover linking Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Expo Road as well as two others on Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road to ensure a smooth traffic flow to and from the site of the Expo. The project also included bridges extending 7 km and roads extending 43 km in addition to three interchanges, said the RTA.

The improvement of roads leading to the Expo site was one of the biggest road projects undertaken by RTA for the Expo. Due to its massive scope, the project had been divided into six phases to ensure the timely completion of all works, it stated.

On the new phases launch, Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, the director-general and chairman of the board of executive directors of RTA, said: “Work on the last phase included transforming the previous roundabout at the intersection of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road and Expo Road into a flyover, enabling free movement in all directions. The work included widening and elevating Expo Road by constructing two bridges of six lanes in each direction along with turns and ramps to ensure smooth traffic flow from Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road to Abu Dhabi and vice versa. This will ease the traffic movement from Expo Road to Sheikh Zayed Road.”

He said these improvements will ease the traffic flow from Expo Road northwards to Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Dubai, and from Expo Road southwards to the Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Road in the direction of Abu Dhabi.

“Additionally, the project covered the work spanning 27 km on Expo Road and widening it from four to six lanes in each direction, together with service roads in both directions. Four bridges have been constructed on Expo Road to ease the traffic movement from and to the expo site,” he added.

RTA said it had set a master mobility plan for the expo to ensure safe and smooth transport of Expo visitors.

Besides developing a sprawling network of roads and bridges, RTA also undertook Route 2020 project for extending the Dubai Metro Red Line by 15 km from Nakheel Harbour and Tower Station to the site of the expo, it stated.  

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