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Thirty per cent of the Parallel Roads Project, which is meant to ease the snarl of the Shaikh Zayed Road (SZR), has been completed, said a top official.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has confirmed that one of the city’s largest projects, the Dubai Water Canal, will be completed by the end of this year.

Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the total expenditure budget approved for RTA in 2016 amounted to Dh7.609 billion comprising an operational budget of Dh3.913bn, and an infrastructure projects budget estimated at Dh3.696bn.

Before the Dubai Metro and the efficient public transport system in Dubai today, people used donkeys and camels to travel from place to place.

Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), revealed that the RTA will build 12 marine transport stations at the Business Bay Canal and the Dubai Water Canal.

This is the construction of Dubai Water Canal at Business Bay in Sheik Zayed Road. This artificial water passage will have parks and recreational place on both banks.

Dubai's transport authority said on Sunday it has opened the second phase of traffic diversion works in connection with the construction of the Dubai Water Canal project.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) opens October 31, 2014 the main traffic diversion on Al Wasl Road, nearby Al Safa Park, stretching about half a kilometer and maintaining the same number of lanes to avoid disruption of the traffic flow.

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has recently held its 45th Customers Council session in RTA Fair at the Dubai Mall where a number of e-services were showcased in the context of the 2nd Customers Week’s events starting on 19th January with the aim of boosting communication with customers and identifying their needs in a brainstorming session that saw the exchange of an array of ideas and suggestions.

The Middle Eastern subsidiary of Australian construction giant Leighton Holdings has bagged an AED1.45 billion ($A423 million) contract to build three massive new towers in Dubai.