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Dh617m First Interchange complete in Dubai
Work on the Dh617 million First Interchange on Shaikh Zayed Road is now fully complete and it has recently been opened to traffic, Gulf News has learnt. The interchange has the capacity to handle more than 16,000 vehicles an hour. Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) officials have confirmed that the project has been completed and that motorists will now enjoy a free flow of traffic in the area.
New roads in Rashid Hospital area to be ready by middle of the year
New roads linking Al Riyadh and Oud Metha streets, expected to open to traffic by the middle of this year, will ease traffic woes in the Rashid Hospital area, Mattar Al Tayer, Executive Director of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said yesterday. The new roads are part of the Dh700 million Rashid Hospital Tunnels Project, which is scheduled to be completed by mid-2013.
Abu Dhabi. Public transport must be flexible
Abu Dhabi is rapidly growing to become a major metropolitan centre, and it badly needs a better transport network, which will end the misery of today’s gridlocks. This is the importance of the 2030 plans for a low-carbon network of public transport, including buses and trams, metro system, regional railways and a ferry link to Dubai.
Qatar’s Lagoona Mall intends to tap a well-heeled clientele
The folks at the Lagoona, Qatar’s strictly upscale mall located in the West Bay neighbourhood, are sure thinking different.
Dubai Trade initiative encourages online management of supply chain
“The integration of services offered earlier by Emirates Sky Cargo and the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) into Dubai Trade’s online portal will benefit all our customers from the supply chain sector, as well as unregistered visitors to our website,” Al Bastaki said. Starting with 80 services in 2006, Dubai Trade launched as an independent department to be a home for over 800 services accessed by over 57,000 registered companies.
GCC Traffic Week 2012 celebrations will kick off on March 11
The GCC Traffic Week 2012 celebrations will kick off on March 11, officials have announced. The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will organise a number of traffic events and activities across Dubai, in coordination with Dubai Police and Ministry of Interior.
Dubai Metro keeps crime at bay
Dubai With a crime rate of 1.5 per million trips in 2011, Dubai Metro has become one of the safest means of public transport in the world, surpassing world-renowned railways in the US and Europe, it was announced Thursday. Speaking at a ceremony to honour distinguished employees and cooperating departments and establishments, Lt Col Thani said the four-year-old department now covers public buses and marine transport, as well as Dubai Metro.
Resurgent jeweller Garrard ‘entangles’ Dubai with new collection
For the next four weeks, Garrard’s flagship boutique in Dubai Mall will display more than a dozen pieces from the Entanglement series including intricately designed collars and cuffs in precious stones valued at between Dh22,000 and Dh367,000.
