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The Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), chaired by HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, has awarded a contract for the construction of tunnels & roads leading to the Jewel of the Creek Project. The awarding of the AED375 million contract was coordinated with the Dubai International Real Estate Company (DIRE). The Jewel of the Creek iconic project, which sits between Al Maktoum and the Floating Bridges, has been designed as a landmark tourist destination adding further prominence to the city and the tourist profile of the area.
RTA has signed MoU with the Dubai International Real Estate Company for funding the construction of tunnels and roads leading to the project. HE Mattar Al Tayer signed the MoU for RTA, and HE Khalil Al Sayegh, Director General of DIRE, signed it DIRE. The roads project is set for completion during the first half of 2019.
“The project in which construction works have recently started, is primarily aimed to provide entry & exit points linking with the ground and basement access points of the Jewel of the Creek Project. Specifically, it provides roads, subways and slipways linking the ground level and the basement parking of the project with the roads & transport network of Baniyas Road to the north, and Al Ittihad Road to the East. The Project also includes the construction of a footbridge crossing over Baniyas Road and lighting works along with the protection and shifting of the existing utility lines,” explained Al Tayer.
“The northern access points comprise entry points to the basement parking for traffic bound to the west of Baniyas Road and the traffic inbound from Al Maktoum Bridge slipway. It also includes exit points for the basement parking through a tunnel heading eastward to Baniyas Road & westward to Baniyas Road, in addition to exit points to the north-east leading to the eastern slipway from Al Maktoum Bridge to Baniyas Road. It includes surface entry points from & to the eastern basement parking, and single-lane tunnels for the basement parking stretching from the Floating Bridge and Baniyas Road to the East. The Project also includes the construction of roads for the surface entry points for the traffic inbound from Al Ittihad Road to the south, and single-lane tunnels to the north for the parking to provide exit in the direction of Abu Dhabi and Al Ittihad Road to the north.
“The entry & exit points leading to the Jewel of the Creek have been designed to meet the needs of this futuristic architectural masterpiece enhancing the Dubai skyline and posing as a majestic urban development on the shores of the Dubai Creek,” added Al Tayer.
It is noteworthy that the Jewel of the Creek, which spans an area of 125,675 square meters, comprises a 5-star hotel with 438 rooms, four residential towers comprising 756 serviced apartments, 20 restaurants, a man-made lake, a domestic beach stretching along the project, and a marina capable of accommodating 65 boats. It also hosts a 4-star hotel with 403 rooms, another tower for a 3-star hotel with 405 rooms in addition to two connected residential towers comprising 389 serviced apartments featuring an Arabic-Islamic design, a mini mall and a parking space for about 6000 vehicles.
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