The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened Section I of the Hessa Road Growth Challenge, marking a serious milestone in a strategic street improve designed to ease congestion and assist Dubai’s long-term city development.
The newly opened section extends from Al Khail Street to Sheikh Zayed Street over a size of 4.5km and contains the widening of Hessa Road, alongside bridges at intersections with Al Asayel Road, First Al Khail Road, and Sheikh Zayed Street.
Capability has been expanded to 4 lanes in every route, bettering site visitors circulation for autos travelling from Al Khail Street in the direction of Hessa Road and onwards to Sheikh Zayed Street.
Total challenge 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 Growth Challenge, with a complete price of roughly AED690mn ($188m), is being carried out according to the directives of the smart management to proceed growing Dubai’s street infrastructure community and meet the necessities of sustained development, city growth, and inhabitants improve.
Al Tayer stated: “It constitutes a serious street infrastructure growth challenge 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 challenge is anticipated to exceed 640,000 residents by 2030. The challenge will double site visitors capability on Hessa Road, growing capability from 8,000 autos per hour in each instructions to 16,000 autos per hour.
“Hessa Road Growth Challenge extends from the intersection with Sheikh Zayed Street to the intersection with Al Khail Street over a size of 4.5 km.
“The challenge contains the event of 4 main intersections alongside Hessa Road with Sheikh Zayed Street, First Al Khail Road, Al Asayel Road, and Al Khail Street, along with widening Hessa Road from two to 4 lanes in every route.
“These works will double site visitors capability on Hessa Road, elevating it to eight,000 autos per hour, and embrace the development of a 13.5 km biking monitor.”
Biking tracks
Al Tayer added: “The challenge contains growing devoted biking and e-scooter tracks extending 13.5 km, 4.5 metres huge. The monitor 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 industrial and repair locations throughout the world.
“The biking monitor incorporates a devoted bridge crossing Sheikh Zayed Street and Al Khail Street, 5 metres huge (3 metres for biking and e-scooters and a couple of metres for pedestrians), and incorporates a singular architectural design impressed by the encompassing surroundings”.
The challenge contains the event of 4 intersections:
- The primary is Hessa Road’s intersection with Sheikh Zayed Street, 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 site visitors from Sheikh Zayed Street onto Hessa Road eastbound in the direction of Emirates Street
- 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 route, alongside traffic-flow enhancements on the signal-controlled floor intersection
- The challenge additionally covers the intersection of Hessa Road with Al Asayel Road, growing the variety of lanes on the prevailing bridge from two lanes in every route to 4 lanes in every route, with further 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 Street, the place a direct directional ramp comprising two lanes was constructed to serve site visitors shifting from Hessa Road onto Al Khail Street northbound in the direction of Sharjah
