Dubai Metro's Route 2020 project on track for completion

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Dubai Metro's Route 2020 project is on track for completion, with the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) revealing that 70 per cent of the construction has finished.

The details were revealed by Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA, during an inspection tour of several stations including Expo, Al Furjan and Nakheel Harbour & Tower Stations. 

The completion rate had hit 80 per cent on the rail track work and 50-60 per cent for the station works of Route 2020 Project.

All rail works of Route 2020 are scheduled for completion by May 2019, with the RTA starting the test-run of the metro in February 2020.

 

 

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