Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Mattar Al Tayer, announced that construction works have reached 50% on the First Contract of Improvement of Airport Street Project covering Rashidiya & Casablanca Intersections. He also reported that completion rate had reached 40% for the Second Contract covering Nad Al Hamar and Marrakech Intersections. Al Tayer expects the 1st Phase of the Project to be opened in December this year, and the entire project, which has a cost tag of AED404 million to be completed in the first half of 2018.
Al Tayer made this statement following a recent inspection visit to the project site where he attended a briefing about the progress rate on each phase of the Project. Works completed so far include Al Khawaneej-bound Bridge at Al Rashidiya Intersection and one out of 5 bridges at Marrakech Intersection in the same direction. Works in a tunnel at Marrakech Intersection will start this July. The progress in construction works has reached 70% in the flyover at Nad Al Hamar Intersection, whereas completion rate in the flyover at Casablanca Intersection has reached 50%.
The Project comprises the construction of bridges, a tunnel at Marrakech Intersection, and bridges at Rashidiya Intersection as well as the Airport St. junctions with Casablanca St. and Nad Al Hamar St. It also includes improving at-grade intersections, and constructing a service road of 3 lanes in each direction to separate the traffic movement from and to Nad Al Hamar St. from the traffic on the Airport St. starting from Rashidiya Intersection up to Marrakech Intersection. The project will increase the capacity of the Airport St. by an additional 5000 vehicles per hour, enhance the traffic safety level, and reduce the transit time on the Airport St. from Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road to Casablanca St. from 30 minutes to 5 minutes.

source: Khaleejtimes