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Article: Dubai to tender Palm Deira metro deal: consultancy contract covers design of two metro lines and tram system costing $4bn in total.(TRANSPORT: UAE)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- August 29, 2008
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Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) is preparing to issue tender documents for a consultancy contract to design two metro lines and a tram system serving Palm Deira. The three lines will cost a total of about AED15bn ($4bn).
The two metro lines will connect Palm Deira with the Red and Green lines, which are already under construction. The third line will follow a circular route, connecting the main islands of the offshore development.
The first metro line, the Black line, will connect the trunk of Palm Deira with the Union Square station in the Deira area of the city.
The station is already being built as an interchange for the Red and ...