Al Ain-Dubai motorway to be ready in Sept 2011

A motorway linking Dubai with the oasis city of Al Ain will be completed in September 2011 and the road will include several bridges and tunnels, the semi official Arabic language daily Al ittihad reported on Saturday.

The 53km-long speedway, stretching from Al Ain city towards Alfuq area will have four lanes in each direction and its speed limit has been set at 140km per hour, the paper quoted Abdullah Al Amiri, Director of the Roads and Infrastructure Section at Al Ain Municipality, as saying.

He said motorway is one of the largest road projects being carried out by the Municipality as part of a Dh900 million infrastructure development plan.

“This project is scheduled to be completed in September 2011…it includes several bridges, tunnels and junctions,” he said.

“The speedway will provide better safety for road users following several painful accidents on the Al Ain-Dubai road in the past period…it will also contribute to easing traffic on both ways as we expect an increase in movement in future.”

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