Sheikh Mohammed approves Dh3.7bn plan to transform Dubai’s road network

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, has approved a five-year plan to transform the roads network across the emirate.
The plan, from Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) features 21 projects spreading across 12 residential, commercial and industrial areas, with a total of 634km of new roads costing Dh3.7 billion.
The Dubai Urban Master Plan 2040 estimates the city’s population will have risen to 5.8 million by 2040.
The Dubai Statistics Centre currently estimates the population to be 3.8 million.