Dubai's Fourth Corridor Project approved, phase one set at AED 3.5B

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the UAE, and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, approved the new Fourth Corridor project, an 80-kilometre route linking Al Fayah Road in Abu Dhabi with Al Shanouf Road in Sharjah.

According to WAM, the project will include 72 bridges, 17 tunnels and 45 rainwater drainage culverts and will be developed in two phases.

The first phase, estimated at AED 3.5 billion, will span nearly 30 kilometres from Al Shanouf Road to Dubai-Al Ain Road. The 12-lane route will have capacity for up to 24,000 vehicles per hour in each direction and serve around 600,000 residents. It is expected to cut travel time by 60% to 14 minutes from 35 minutes.

The first phase will also include around 55 kilometres of surface roads, 2.5 kilometres of tunnels and 21 kilometres of bridges and ramps. Dubai-Al Ain Road will be widened to four lanes in each direction from three between Emirates Road and Lehbab Road, while four major interchanges will be upgraded.

The second phase will run 50 kilometres from Dubai-Al Ain Road to Al Fayah Road in Abu Dhabi. The 12-lane route will accommodate up to 24,000 vehicles per hour and is expected to cut travel time by 52% to 24 minutes from 50 minutes, serving around 3.1 million residents.