Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced plans to build a bridge to link the north and south Jebel Ali Free Zones.
The project, in collaboration with Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority, is scheduled to be completed in 18 months at a cost of AED 105mn ($28.6mn), the RTA announced on Saturday.
RTA director general Mattar Al Tayer said the project, which will have three lanes running in each direction, will ease congestion on Al Maktoum Airport Road and the 10th interchange of Sheikh Zayed road when completed.
“It also includes improvement works on roads connected by the bridge at Jafza North and Jafza South,” Al Tayer said.
“Such improvement works include widening some roads to three lanes in each direction, and widening the existing roundabout at Jafza North to accommodate the traffic flowing from the bridge, in addition to lighting and infrastructure works such as the shifting of impacted utility lines of water, electricity, irrigation, sewage, rainwater drainage, and communication.”