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| Bovis Lend Lease to build Dubai Metro Bovis Lend Lease, in association with the Mass Transit Rail Corporation of Hong Kong, has been appointed by the Rail Transport Authority of Dubai to provide strategic project management services for phases one to three of the new Dubai Metro project, one of the largest new build metro systems in the world. Phases one and two of the project, incorporating the Red and Green lines, involves the construction of 70 kilometres of track and 41 stations. This phase has a project value of US $4 billion and is due for completion in 2010 with a target of 1.85 million passengers a day. Planning for phase three of the project, the Blue Line, has already begun and will include a further 47 kilometres of track between Dubai International Airport and the new airport at Jebel Ali, which is planned for completion in 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |