Dubai: Construction work on Route 2020 is scheduled to begin early next year as the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) kick-starts the form...
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New pedestrian bridges in Dubai
Dubai — New pedestrian bridges have brought down the number of fatalities, in some cases to even zero, and also reduced accidents by half in...
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Dubai: Construction work on Route 2020 is scheduled to begin early next year as the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) kick-starts the formalities to select the contractor for the mega project.
More than 100 international contractors have shown interest in bagging the construction contract of the Route 2020 Metro line, which is a 15km extension of the Red Line from the Nakheel Harbour and Tower station to the Expo 2020 site, the RTA has announced.
The prequalification and selection process for the contractors begins from May 31, with the construction work set to begin early next year.
The RTA announced the timeline of the bidding and selection process of the contract during a presentation of the project it organised recently, which was attended by more than 300 executives representing 100 firms from 34 countries.
The gathering included suppliers of trains, rail communication systems and technology firms as well as ambassadors and consuls of eight countries.
Making the presentation, Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA, said that the contractual procedures for the construction of the project were conducted in all transparency.
“The RTA will start receiving Requests for Pre-Qualification from May 3 this year, and the shortlist of consortiums qualified to undertake the project will be selected on June 30 this year. On July 2, the RTA will release the tender documents and on December 6 the RTA will start receiving proposals,” said Mattar Al Tayer, announcing the timeline of the bidding process.
He added that on January 28, 2016 the RTA will announce the consortium winning the project construction.
“Construction work on Route 2020 project will start once the contract is awarded in the first quarter of 2016, and the project is set to be completed in the first quarter of 2020 and will be up and running to serve visitors of Expo 2020,” he said.
The‘Route 2020 project, which stretches about 15km and covers seven stations, was approved by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, last month.
The Route 2020 will run elevated for 11km, while 4km will be underground, including five elevated stations and two underground stations.
Three more stations are planned to be constructed later, to serve Al Maktoum International Airport.
The new line passes through several densely populated districts such as the Gardens, Discovery Gardens, Furjan, Jumeirah Golf Estate, and Dubai Investment Park, which are inhabited by about 240,000 people.
Dubai — New pedestrian bridges have brought down the number of fatalities, in some cases to even zero, and also reduced accidents by half in “problem areas” in Dubai.
Statistics released by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) indicate that pedestrian fatalities dropped from 9.5 fatalities per 100,000 of population in 2007 to seven fatalities per 100,000 people in 2010 and dropped further in 2014 to its lowest rate of one fatality per 100,000 population.
The authority announced on Saturday that construction work on seven footbridges on six roads will be completed during the first half of 2016.
On Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road near the labour accommodation in Al Qusais where at least six accidents occurred on an average before 2013, only four have occurred after the construction of overhead bridges. Fatalities were also reduced from two to zero.
Two bridges are being built on Baghdad Street and one bridge each on Al Maktoum Road, Al Mina Street, Amman Road, Baniyas Road and Al Rasheed Road.
The RTA also said that construction work on 22 pedestrian bridges were completed in 2013 and 2014 taking the total number of pedestrian bridges to 107 by 2016.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of the RTA, said: “The new bridges to be constructed in a number of vital locations are selected in the light of traffic studies based on a number of perimetres such as traffic intensity, number of accidents and fatalities, maximum speed limit, number of lanes, population density on roadsides, distance to the nearest footbridge, location of bus stops, availability of markets and organisations, and locations witnessing high proportion of run-over accidents (Black Points).
“Over the past two years, the RTA constructed 22 footbridges in a number of vital locations including two bridges at Shaikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road (one near the Fruits and Vegetables Market, and the other near workers complex at Al Qusais), three bridges at Umm Suqeim and two bridges at each of Al Asayel Road and the First Al Khail Road,” explained Al Tayer.
“The number of pedestrian bridges in Dubai has soared from 14 bridges in 2006 to 74 in 2011 and jumped further to reach 100 bridges by the end of 2014. The number is set to rise further to 107 in mid-2016. These bridges contributed to recording the lowest rate of pedestrian fatalities on Dubai roads over 20 years.
“Pedestrian bridges constructed on five main roads are Shaikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road, Umm Suqeim Road, Al Rebat Road, Al Asayel Road and First Al Khail Road have recorded zero fatality following the installation of footbridges in 2013 and 2014, compared to seven fatalities on those roads before the installation of pedestrian bridges, whereas the number of pedestrian-related accidents on the same roads dropped from 19 to 9,” he said.
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