Emirates Road to get seven lanes to ease traffic flow, FNC told

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Road, one of three vital highways linking the south to the north in the UAE, will be expanded from three to seven lanes to reduce traffic jams, Dr Abdullah Bel Haif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Infrastructure Development, told the Federal National Council on Thursday.
Al Nuaimi added the expansion of the 190km road, earlier known as Dubai Bypass Road, would be carried out towards the entrance of Sharjah city near the Maliha Road exit.
Admitting the ‘bottlenecks and delays’ caused by the road, the minister told the House the project will provide a radical solution to traffic woes on the vital highway, with many flyovers and tunnels to be built at many points, similar to development done on Mohammad Bin Zayed Road.
“Development of the road will also entail that trucks, which negatively affect traffic movement and quality of the road, will be restricted to three designated lanes of the highway,” Al Nuaimi said.