Major road projects have significantly improved Dubai’s roads network

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• Dubai Creek Crossing, 7th Crossing (Bur Dubai Side): The seventh crossing corridor consists of constructing a new roadway corridor running through Rashid Hospital compound. The main features of the project includes a two lane underpass from Umm Hurair Road to 7th Crossing corridor, two lane underpasses passing under the existing broadcast roundabout from Tariq Bin Ziyad Road to 7th Crossing Corridor, a pedestrian underpass serving Rashid Hospital Compound and a new four legged signalized intersection at 7th Crossing/Riyadh Street. ZARINA FERNANDES

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Dubai: Major road projects have significantly improved Dubai’s roads network in recent years, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) told Gulf News.

Statistics from the RTA show that the road network now exceeds 12,403 lane kilometres, increasing by 1,300 lane kilometres from 2010 to 2012. A lane kilometre is a continuous stretch of road with traffic in one direction, which means a one-kilometre stretch of road with two lanes equals two lane kilometres.

Within four decades, Dubai has changed from a city with a developed area of 18 square kilometres and 100,000 inhabitants to an urban phenomenon with a developed area of 650 square kilometres and a population of more than 2 million, Mattar Al Tayer, chairman of the board and executive director of the RTA, said at a recent event.

“Today, one of the city’s top strengths is its infrastructure,” he said, adding that Dubai keeps investing in infrastructure with the clear understanding that it is the engine for any economy.