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DUBAI / WAM
Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has endorsed the project to improve the Latifa Bint Hamdan Street and the Junction of Umm Al-Sheef-Latifa Bint Hamdan Streets at cost AED800 million.
The project links Jumeirah district with Al Khail Road and the Parallel Roads (First Al- Khail Road and Al-Asayel Road). Works under the first contract of the project will be completed in the first half of 2018, while the works under the second contract will be completed in the first quarter of 2019.
Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Mattar Al Tayer said, “The first contract, which has been awarded to China State Company, covers the construction of Latifa Bint Hamdan Street and Umm Al-Sheef Street from Al-Safa Interchange (2nd I/C) to Al-Manara Interchange on the Sheikh Zayed Road (3rd I/C). The project will link Jumeirah with Al Khail Road and Parallel Roads (First Al Khail Road and Al Asayel Road) through two-level roads & bridges offering free traffic flow,†Al Tayer said.