Tag: dubai
British contractors owed $2 billion in Dubai
British engineering groups and consultants are owed up to $2 billion (£1.25 billion) by government-related companies in Dubai, following the collapse of the Gulf state’s property market and subsequent debt crisis. WS Atkins, which has worked on the $7.6 billion Dubai Metro project and a number of developments with Nakheel, has cut 30 per cent of its Gulf workforce. The company has declined to reveal how much it is owed.
A journey in Dubai Metro
Dubai Metro Journey to Dubai Mall , front and out side view from the dubai metro. 1. Feb 2010
RTA expands commercial transportation services in Dubai
The Licensing Agency at Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has revealed its 2010 plans aimed at intensifying and augmenting the scope and reach of its commercial transport activity services to cover all areas of Dubai through targeting commercial companies.
Dubai Metro at Emirates Mall Station, The Jebel Ali Platform,HD Quality
Emirates Mall Station, The Jebel Ali Platform. Dubai metro video. 25. Jan 2010.
Secret tunnel: New Dubai bypass tunnel
Dubai : You can't help feeling a bit like Batman while driving into an apparently secret, subterranean car tunnel coursing under the Downtown Burj Khalifa area.
Keep safe, keep walking
Dubai : New pedestrian bridges popping up across Dubai will encourage a walking culture and cut down on traffic deaths, says a Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) official.
RTA entertains special needs persons in a metro tour
The Marketing and Corporate Communication Department at the Corporate Administrative Support Services Sector of Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, organized a recreational metro tour for people with special needs of the Emirates Center for Special Needs from Al Rashidiya Station to Nakheel Harbour and Tower Station.
Al Tayer explores cooperation with the Dutch Consul
H.E. Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has received in his office H.E. K.V.A. van Spronsen, the Consul General of Netherlands in Dubai, and during the meeting the two parties explored cooperation and exchange of expertise between the RTA and its Dutch counterpart. They also reviewed the cooperation with the Dutch companies operating in the field of mass transportation; particularly public transport and water-borne transportation.
