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Online auction of number plates fetches Dh4.5 million
By Staff report www.khaleejtimes.com DUBAI — The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has raised Dh4.5 million in online auction of number plates over three days. A total of 615 number plates were on offer to 195 bidders. Commenting on the auction, Mohammed Abdul Kareem Nimaat, Director of the RTA’s Vehicles Licensing Agency, said: “The 12th [...]
Revealed: Dubai’s most fined roads
The city’s finest road is also the one which has the highest number of speeding fines. Last year, motorists racked up 714,894 fines for exceeding speed limits on Shaikh Zayed Road. That’s nearly 2,000 tickets a day or 81 an hour.
Gold souq polished up and scaled down
The gold souq in Dubai Mall has reopened after a nine-month closure during which the market underwent a major redesign.
Saudi Arabia/Transport: Saudi Arabia to start new Riyadh metro project
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday launched a tender process to build a new metro system in the capital o fRiyadhin an effort to ease congestion on the city’s gridlocked roads.
Dubai Mall denies gas leak rumour
A spokesperson from The Dubai Mall has refuted claims of a gas leak on its premises earlier today, with stories circulating that the parking areas had been cordoned off, as well the roads leading into the shopping centre.
RTA runs 13 initiatives to foster, share knowledge culture
His Excellency Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), says that the RTA attaches special attention to disseminating knowledge and maximizing the benefits from the existing knowledge & expertise of the RTA, considering it a key component of upgrading the qualifications of employees, enhancing the production quality, and contributing to the Educated Institution concept.
RTA employees break their day with Holy Quran
The National Identity Team, Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) launched “Read and Elevate,” program to help male and female employees become proficient in reciting, memorizing and modulating (tajweed) of the Holy Quran.
Saudi issues tender for Riyadh metro
Saudi Arabian authorities have launched a tender process to develop a new metro transit system in the capital Riyadh. In a notice on the Arriyadh Development Authority’s website, “global consortia” were invited to bid to provide infrastructure including rolling stock and telecommunications, as well as tunnelling, civil, mechanical and electrical works.
