{"id":38434,"date":"2025-08-04T10:16:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=38434"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:16:23","slug":"new-tunnel-with-8-lanes-on-umm-suqeim-street-opens-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/new-tunnel-with-8-lanes-on-umm-suqeim-street-opens-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"New Tunnel with 8 Lanes on Umm Suqeim Street Opens in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai\u2019s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened a major infrastructure addition: a <strong>new 800-metre-long tunnel at the intersection of Umm Suqeim Street and Al Barsha South Street<\/strong>, near Kings\u2019 School.<\/p>\n<p>This newly completed project is part of the wider Umm Suqeim Street development plan and connects Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Khail Road, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, and Emirates Road.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>4 lanes in each direction<\/strong>, the tunnel is capable to accomodate <strong>16,000 vehicles per hour<\/strong>. As a result <strong>travel time is reduced by 61%<\/strong>: from 9.7 minutes to 3.8 minutes between Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road and Al Khail Road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DM4mknaOfFE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; 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Alongside tunnel expansions and road network upgrades, the Blue Line of the Dubai Metro is currently under construction. <strong>Temporary road diversions have been put in place <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/temporary-traffic-diversions-in-mirdif-announced-for-dubai-metro-blue-line-works\">in Mirdif<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/temporary-traffic-diversions-in-academic-city-for-dubai-metro-blue-line-works\">Academic City<\/a><\/strong> as part of that ongoing project \u2014 more progress updates are expected soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai\u2019s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has opened a major infrastructure addition: a new 800-metre-long tunnel at the intersection of Umm Suqeim Street and Al Barsha South Street, near Kings\u2019 School. 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