2,300 Meters of Concrete Complexity
The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has officially awarded the contract for the development of the Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street intersection with Al Awir Road. The headline number is the 3,000-meter capacity increase, but the real story for the construction team is the 2,300 meters of new bridges.
- Project Scope: 4 massive intersections.
- Bridge Length: 2.3 kilometers.
- Traffic Volume: Serving a rapidly expanding residential corridor (International City, Warqa, Silicon Oasis).
- Deadline: Fast-track completion by 2027.
This is not a simple road widening. It is complex surgery on a live artery. The contractor isn’t just building a bridge; they are keeping a city moving while they do it.
Barrier Mobility is the Critical Path
The real challenge here isn’t the piling or the deck casting—it’s the diversions. Building 2,300 meters of bridges over existing highways means constant, aggressive traffic management.
You will be shifting lanes every week. You will be opening and closing slip roads nightly. If your traffic safety plan relies on semi-permanent installations, you are already behind schedule. You need a barrier system that is:
- Crash Rated: Capable of stopping a stray sedan at highway speeds.
- Modular: Short segments (1m - 2m) that can create tight curves for temporary roundabouts.
- Liftable: Designed with proper lifting points for rapid redeployment.
We see contractors struggling with this every day. They buy cheap, long-span barriers that take 20 minutes to reset. On a night shift with a 4-hour window, that inefficiency kills your profitability.
Equipment That Matches the Pace
For a project of this dynamic nature, the static “set and forget” mentality fails. You need a supply of precast elements that act as movable assets.
| Traffic Phase | Operational Challenge | The Precast Solution |
|---|---|---|
| Lane Narrowing | Creating workspace in the median | Slim-Profile Jersey Barriers |
| Bridge Support | Protecting temporary shoring towers | Heavy Hoarding Blocks |
| Site Access | Safe entry/exit for dump trucks | High-Vis Cable Markers & Ramp Protection |
| Pedestrian Crossings | Temporary walkways for workers | Anti-Slip Paving Slabs |
The Risk of “Good Enough” Traffic Safety
This corridor is notorious for high speeds and heavy commercial traffic. It connects the industrial areas of Al Awir. This means your temporary barriers aren’t just deflecting commuters; they are facing down 40-ton trailers.
Using water-filled plastic barriers here is a liability. A trailer will go right through them. The RTA knows this, and their inspectors are cracking down on site safety plans.
We manufacture our Jersey Barriers to meet the strict deflection criteria required for these high-risk zones. When a truck hits our barrier, the barrier does its job: it redirects the energy and keeps the site—and the driver—safe.
Mobilizing for the Long Haul
This project will run for at least 24 months. The barriers you deploy today will be lifted, moved, and reset hundreds of times.
Concrete quality matters. Cheap precast chips and cracks after the third move. The lifting hooks rust and snap. Suddenly, you have a yard full of useless concrete junk. Our products are cast with high-strength concrete (60MPa+) and galvanized lifting eyes. We build them to survive the abuse of a 2-year infrastructure war.
The Deadline is Non-Negotiable
The RTA has promised relief to the residents of this corridor. The pressure to deliver is immense.
When the project manager looks at the schedule, the last thing they need is a delay because the traffic diversion wasn’t approved. Will you be the contractor waiting for safety approval, or the one paving the deck because your diversion strategy was rock solid?
