Dubai Approves AED 3.7 Billion Five-Year Internal Roads Plan

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, has approved the five-year plan for internal roads (2025-2029). The mega plan, costing AED 3.7 billion, comprises 21 projects spreading across 12 residential, commercial, and industrial areas with a total of 634 km of new roads.

Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, stated that the Five-Year Internal Roads development Plan covers 12 areas with urbanisation rates ranging from 30% to 80%. Internal roads will be constructed in Nad El Sheba 3, Al Amardi, and Hatta in 2025. Also, RTA will construct 92 km of internal roads in Nadd Hessa, and Al Awir 1 in 2026 and 2027 will witness the development of 45 km of roads in Al Athbah, Mushrif, and Hatta, along with 14 km of roads in Warsan 3.

The initiative aims to uplift the infrastructure in the emirate's residential and industrial areas. "By the end of last year, the total length of roads completed in residential and industrial areas reached 6000 km. Between 2011 and the end of last year, internal roads in 28 residential and industrial areas had been paved," Mattar Al Tayer added.