The UAE government plans to build a 15-km extension to the new Fujairah Expressway, which is aimed at improving the connectivity between Oman and the emirates, said a report.

Once the road gets ready in 2018, drivers to Oman will be able to bypass the city of Fujairah and branch out into two inter-connected highways, one linking with E99 or the East Coast Road and the second meeting E102 or Sharjah-Kalba Road, reported The Oman Observer.

Currently, the Hatta border road is the main link between the UAE and Oman, while the Al Ain-Buraimi exit and the Khatam Malaha post in Kalba accessed either through Fujairah or from the old Sharjah-Kalba road are used by road travellers between the two countries.

The first phase of the project stretching 4.5 km will be ready by August this year, it added.