UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has approved a five-year plan (2012 – 2016) for paving internal roads in a number of residential areas in Dubai.
With a total cost of around AED 1 billion, the five-year plan undertaken by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) reflects Sheikh Mohammed’s keenness to enhance road networks to cope with the expanding residential areas in the emirate.
Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer said that the five-year plan covers 16 areas in which the percentage real estate development ranges between 20% and 80%. Phase I of the project will commence in areas where water drainage networks have been completed and real estate development exceeds 50%, according to Al Tayer.
Phase I, which is scheduled to begin in 2012 at a cost of around AED150 million, will cover five areas followed by Phase II in 2013 covering three residential areas at a cost of around AED140 million. Phases III and IV will commence on 2014 and 2015 respectively and will cost an estimated total of AED270 million.
