01 November 2020
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced that 80 per cent of the work on the 77-km-long Al Khawaneej 2 Internal Roads Project has been completed. The project is being undertaken under the Five-Year Plan endorsed by HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai, for building internal roads in several Dubai residential districts, said RTA.
The project covers the construction of an internal roads network stretching 77 km comprising 68 km of single carriageways and 9 km of collector dual carriageways.
On the project progress, RTA Director-General and Chairman Mattar Al Tayer said: “The contractor has completed 86 per cent of asphalt works extending 67 km, including improvements to the electricity, water and telecommunication networks. Also 60 per cent of streetlighting works, and 85 per cent of rainwater drainage inspection chambers works have been completed and linked to the network.”