Dubai The Ministry of Public Works is in the process of studying and planning seven new roads in different Emirates at the cost of Dh780 million.
Dr Abdullah Belhaif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Public Works, said the ministry was in the process of planning and assigning consultants to study the seven vital road projects in Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
The new roads will ease traffic between emirates, he said in a statement on Tuesday.
The seven projects will include developing the Sharjah-Al Dhaid road, renovating Al Ittihad road in Ras Al Khaimah and adding 14km, and the extension of Emirates Road from Al Tuwain to link it to the Ras Al Khaimah Ring Road.
Other projects include the first phase of the Kalba Ring Road and connections to Al Hail, developing the Al Sha’am Al Dara Road, the second phase of the Khorfakkan West Ring Road (E199) and improving the road between Al Tawain roundabout and Emirates road, which is in the third phase.
Dr Al Nuaimi said that building a network of roads linking all emirates is one of the ministry’s main goals and is part of it is core strategies, following the directives of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
