{"id":5555,"date":"2026-09-20T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=5555"},"modified":"2026-09-20T07:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:21:17","slug":"dubai-rta-project-cuts-oud-maitha-journey-times-by-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/09\/20\/dubai-rta-project-cuts-oud-maitha-journey-times-by-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai RTA project cuts Oud Maitha journey times by 75%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Motorists traveling along Oud Maitha Road can now complete their journeys in as little as five minutes, down from around 20 minutes, following the completion of a major road development project by Dubai\u2019s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA).<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Completed on September 20, the project has reduced travel time by 75% while increasing the capacity of Oud Maitha Street, one of Dubai\u2019s busy road corridors.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The road\u2019s capacity has increased by 50%, rising from approximately 10,400 to 15,600 vehicles per hour in both directions.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development is designed to improve traffic flow between Oud Maitha Road, Al Asayel Street and surrounding major corridors, providing motorists with faster and more efficient connections.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project forms part of Dubai\u2019s ongoing efforts to enhance road infrastructure and accommodate increasing traffic volumes across key areas of the emirate.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the additional capacity now available, the upgraded corridor is expected to support smoother movement and reduce journey times for motorists using Oud Maitha Road and its connecting routes.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorists traveling along Oud Maitha Road can now complete their journeys in as little as five minutes, down from around 20 minutes, following the completion of a major road development project by Dubai\u2019s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA). Completed on September 20, the project has reduced travel time by 75% while increasing the capacity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-uae-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5557,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5555\/revisions\/5557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}