Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) is expected to tender the design and tender document preparation contract for the extension to the Dubai Metro’s Green line in the second quarter of 2018 as reported by Meed. The extension will take the Green line from its existing terminus at the Creek station in the Jadaf area, across the creek to the Dubai Creek Harbour development and then to International City, Silicon Oasis and Academic City. The connection to these communities will also be a catalyst to further development in that area of Dubai.
The Green line extension is just one of the future lines the RTA is considering. The transport agency’s previous 2030 masterplan included a 421km-long railway network with 197 stations. Dubai is already working on a 15km-long extension to the Red line. Last year, the RTA awarded an AED10.6bn ($2.9bn) deal to design and build the Dubai Metro’s Route 2020 link to a consortium of Spain’s Acciona, Turkey’s Gulermak and France’s Alstom.
