The UAE Ministry of Infrastructure Development has recently announced that work was developing well on 3 key projects worth Dh295 million ($80.3 million) in Dubai and Sharjah which were anticipated to be completed in the 4th quarter of 2021.

Of these, two of the projects in Sharjah, the Phase 2 of Sharjah-Dhaid-Masafi E88 Federal Road Development work and Sharjah Police Headquarters Project will be completed by the end of this year, while the Lesaily School Project in Dubai is set for completion in 2021.

Located in Al Bataeh region of Sharjah, the Dh82.118 million E88 project will see the extension of existing local road network. It will also feature one lane in each direction and link Intersection No. 10 on the E88 Sharjah-Dhaid Road and E102 on the Sharjah-Meleiha Road.

Director of the Southern Region at the Ministry, Moneera Abdulkareem, stated that the project implicates the elimination of the prevailing road, as well as the construction of a new two-lane road and a new bridge over the new Khorfakkan Road, in accumulation to the implementation of the latest traffic safety necessities.

On the Dh172-million Sharjah Police Headquarters Project, Abdulkareem further mentioned that it was 64% complete and due for handover this year.

The nine-building development is being executed as per the "Project 360 Initiative" by means of virtual reality and augmented reality, stated Abdulkareem.

On the Dubai school project, Abdulkareem said the Lesaily School complex is being built over a 9,500-sq-m area at a projected cost of Dh44.477 million. The ministry is administering the project which will be complete by the fourth quarter of 2021.