{"id":734,"date":"2018-04-14T12:06:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T08:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/?p=734"},"modified":"2018-04-14T12:06:22","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T08:06:22","slug":"watch-sheikh-sultan-al-qasimi-launches-the-longest-covered-tunnel-in-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/2018\/04\/14\/watch-sheikh-sultan-al-qasimi-launches-the-longest-covered-tunnel-in-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sheikh Sultan Al Qasimi launches the longest covered tunnel in the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, launched\u00a0 the longest covered tunnel in the Middle east along the Sharjah-Khor Fakkan road.<\/p>\n<p>The 2.7km Al Sidra tunnel will run for 89 kilometres at its completion. The\u00a0new road will reduce the journey time from Sharjah to Khor Fakkan to 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the video below to watch his highness as he pushed the launch button:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 618px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-734-1\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/endemo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/07Lzf-bUSRFhOzVD.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/endemo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/07Lzf-bUSRFhOzVD.mp4\">http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/endemo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/07Lzf-bUSRFhOzVD.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>His highness also launched\u00a0Al Rafisah Dam recreational centre, which\u00a0has parking spaces for 45 cars, a mosque which can house 120 male and 20 female worshippers, and three playgrounds. In addition to a popular restaurant that overlooks the lake, with four shops promoting regional heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 618px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-734-2\" width=\"618\" height=\"348\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/endemo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Pc3MvlghDxVUYbQ1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/endemo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Pc3MvlghDxVUYbQ1.mp4\">http:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/endemo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Pc3MvlghDxVUYbQ1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, launched\u00a0 the longest covered tunnel in the Middle east along the Sharjah-Khor Fakkan road. The 2.7km Al Sidra tunnel will run for 89 kilometres at its completion. The\u00a0new road will reduce the journey time from Sharjah to Khor Fakkan &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uaebarq.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}