Dubai, August 31: His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will officially launch Dubai Metro on September 9, 2009.
Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), said the emirate’s plan for the train system were coming to fruition. “Launching Dubai Metro on September 9 is a true manifestation of the vision of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to uplift the infrastructure of the emirate of Dubai,”
“The RTA vision, which is based on the 3rd sector of the Dubai Strategic Plan 2015 (Infrastructure Sector), is now being realized. The Dubai Metro Project has been completed in a record-breaking period of less than 4 years since Shaikh Mohammed laid the foundation of the Project on March 21, 2006.”
–Agencies