Airport Street project to be completed by 2018 first half

DUBAI / WAM

Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), has announced that construction works have reached 50% on the First Contract of Improvement of Airport Street Project covering Rashidiya & Casablanca Intersections.
He also added that completion rate had reached 40% for the Second Contract covering Nad Al Hamar and Marrakech Intersections.
Al Tayer expects the 1st Phase of the [roject to be opened in December this year, and the entire project, which has a cost tag of as much as AED404 million to be completed in the first half of 2018.
Al Tayer made this statement following a recent inspection visit to the project site where he attended a briefing about the progress rate on each phase of the Project.
“The Improvement of Airport St. Project is part of RTA’s plans to accommodate the projected growth in the number of passengers using the Dubai International Airport which is expected to shoot to 92 million passengers by 2020,” said Al Tayer.
Thus, the traffic study highlighted the importance of finalising the Improvement of the Airport St. Project by the end of 2017,” he added.