DUBAI: The Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, will open on Friday the new bridge at the intersection of Airport-Casablanca streets, near the Cargo Village building.

A one-lane bridge has been added to serve the traffic from Airport Street in the direction of Casablanca Street, thus eliminating the waiting time at the traffic signal.

Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, said, “Upgrading the intersection of the Airport-Casablanca streets includes the construction of an additional single-lane bridge for serving the traffic from Airport Street heading towards Casablanca Street.

The project includes constructing an alternative route for motorists coming from Al Garhoud, enabling them direct access to Terminal (1) and Terminal (3) of Dubai International Airport. It also involves increasing the number of lanes of Casablanca Street in the direction of Al Garhoud from three to four lanes. The project would significantly reduce the total waiting time at the intersection of Casablanca Street.

It would also ease the current congestion resulting from the overlapping traffic between vehicles heading to Casablanca intersection and those coming from Terminal (1) and heading leftward to Casablanca Street.

“The Improvement of the Airport Street Project is part of RTA plan to accommodate the projected growth in the number of passengers using Dubai International Airport which is expected to shoot to 92 million passengers by 2020. Upon completion, the project would increase the capacity of the Airport Street by an additional 5000 vehicles per hour, enhance the traffic safety level, and ease the traffic flow. On 5th January, 2018, the RTA had opened the two bridges at the intersection of Al Rashidiya-Airport streets, which has massively reduced the waiting time at the junction,” noted Al Tayer.