The Rail Agency of the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the completion of the tunneling work on the redline of Dubai Metro project ahead of schedule.

The work has been completed smoothly and without any kind of obstacles and achieving the highest standards in the alignment, said a RTA official .

Adnan Al Hammadi, Director of Construction at the Rail Agency said that the tunneling works of the Red Line had started at the Union Square Station and headed for Burjuman Station penetrating through Dubai Creek, and from the Union Square Station towards Al Rigga Station and from there headed towards Deira City Center.

The operations successfully passed through all the buildings located on the path, particularly Dnata building located between Al Rigga Road and Deira City.

“The length of the tunnel that connects the Union Square Station to Burjuman Station is (1479) meters consisting of (986) rings with Best Performance of (25.5) meters and (17) rings a day,” he added.

He explained that the excavation of the tunnel that connects the Union Square Station to the Rigga Station had started on April 3, 2007 and ended on August 30, 2007.

“The excavation of the tunnel that connects the Union Square Station to Burjuman Station started on January 31, 2007 and ended on September 15, 2007, while the excavation of the tunnel that connects Al Rigga Station to Deira City Center Station started on October 7, 2007 and ended on January 6, 2008.”

The RTA and Dubai Rapid Link have developed extensive plans to enhance safety and to ensure the completion of the entire tunnel excavations as per comprehensive plans based on the highest world standards applicable in this domain.-TradeArabia News Service