New road links for Dubai's Hatta, Lehbab nears completion

Seventy-two per cent of the construction work on a road link, spanning 38 km in total, for Dubai's Margham, Lehbab, Al Lisaili and Hatta has been completed.

That's according to the Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), which said it includes 19 km of roadwork and the addition of lighting poles along another 19 km of existing streets.

It's part of efforts by the RTA to "address the needs of demographic growth and urban expansion, and foster the wellbeing of residents of the emirate," explained Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, Chairman of the Board of Directors, RTA.

The "internal roads project at Margham covers the construction of roads extending 5 km along Dubai-Al Ain Road, near Skydive Dubai. Works include road paving, rainwater drainage networks, and streetlights," he explained, adding that it will benefit more than 11,000 residents.

At Lehbab, the proect will "include paving roads extending 5 km along with infrastructure works of rainwater drainage and streetlights.

"It will also cover lighting works of the existing streets extending 2 km at the Dubai-Hatta Road beside Lehbab Camels’ Race Track," Al Tayer said, adding that it will "serve more than 3,000 residents" and improve access to the residential district.

The road works span 7 km at Al Lesaili and includes street lighting works for the existing roads at Saih Assalam near the Last Exit and Al Qudra Lakes over 14 km.

"The project serves about 2,900 residents and improves the entry/exit points of the area,” stated Al Tayer.

And finally at Hatta, the "project covers the construction of roads extending 2 km at Saa’eer, Al Salami, and Suhaila".

It will "include rainwater drainage and streetlights and will serve about 6,000 residents" and "improve the entry/exit points of the newly developed residential community".

RTA has recently completed the construction of internal roads within three residential districts, namely Al Quoz 2, Nad Al Sheba 2, and Al Barsha South 3, extending 37 km in total and inhabited by 12,000 persons.