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$272m five-year upgrade approved for Dubai roads

by CW Staff on Dec 26, 2011

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The RTA will expand Dubai's internal road network over the next five years (Getty Images)

A $272.25m plan for Dubai’s internal roads has been approved by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

The five-year plan by the RTA is intended to enhance the emirate’s existing road networks to cope with the expanding urban development in Dubai.

The plan covers 16 residential areas in which the percentage of urban development ranges from between 20% and 80%, according to Mattar Mohamed Al Tayer, chairman of the board and executive director of the RTA. In some areas such as Al Aweer 1, the percentage is as low as 5%.

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Estimated to cost around $40.83m, Phase I will commence in five areas where the water drainage systems have been completed and urban development exceeds 50%.

Phase II of the project is expected to begin in 2013, with three residential areas, at a cost of around $38.11m. Phases II and IV will commence in 2014 and 2015 respectively, at an estimated total cost of $73.50m. Phase V is scheduled to begin in 2016, with around $68m budgeted for the final phase, Al Tayer said.

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