The Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened Section I of the Hessa Road Growth Mission, marking a serious milestone in a strategic street improve designed to ease congestion and help Dubai’s long-term city progress.
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 path, enhancing visitors move for autos travelling from Al Khail Street in direction of Hessa Road and onwards to Sheikh Zayed Street.
Total mission 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 Common, Chairman of the Board of Government Administrators Mattar Al Tayer mentioned the Hessa Road Growth Mission, with a complete value of roughly AED690mn ($188m), is being carried out in step with the directives of the sensible management to proceed growing Dubai’s street infrastructure community and meet the necessities of sustained progress, city enlargement, and inhabitants enhance.
Al Tayer mentioned: “It constitutes a serious street infrastructure improvement mission serving a number of residential and improvement areas, together with Al Sufouh 2, Al Barsha residential space, and Jumeirah Village Circle.
“The inhabitants of the areas served by the mission is predicted to exceed 640,000 residents by 2030. The mission will double visitors capability on Hessa Road, rising capability from 8,000 autos per hour in each instructions to 16,000 autos per hour.
“Hessa Road Growth Mission extends from the intersection with Sheikh Zayed Street to the intersection with Al Khail Street over a size of 4.5 km.
“The mission 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 path.
“These works will double visitors capability on Hessa Road, elevating it to eight,000 autos per hour, and embrace the development of a 13.5 km biking observe.”
Biking tracks
Al Tayer added: “The mission contains growing devoted biking and e-scooter tracks extending 13.5 km, 4.5 metres vast. The observe hyperlinks Al Sufouh and Dubai Hills through Hessa Road and serves a number of residential neighbourhoods, together with Al Barsha and Barsha Heights.
“The event helps first- and last-mile journeys by direct connectivity with Dubai Web Metropolis Metro Station and key industrial and repair locations throughout the world.
“The biking observe encompasses a devoted bridge crossing Sheikh Zayed Street and Al Khail Street, 5 metres vast (3 metres for biking and e-scooters and a couple of metres for pedestrians), and incorporates a novel architectural design impressed by the encompassing setting”.
The mission contains the event of 4 intersections:
- The primary is Hessa Road’s intersection with Sheikh Zayed Street, the place a directional ramp bridge will likely be constructed with a capability of two lanes, passing over Dubai Metro’s Purple Line and serving right-turning visitors from Sheikh Zayed Street onto Hessa Road eastbound in 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 enhance from three to 4 lanes in every path, alongside traffic-flow enhancements on the signal-controlled floor intersection
- The mission additionally covers the intersection of Hessa Road with Al Asayel Road, rising the variety of lanes on the present bridge from two lanes in every path to 4 lanes in every path, 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 visitors shifting from Hessa Road onto Al Khail Street northbound in direction of Sharjah
