RTA inks Emaar partnership deal

Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Emaar Properties in a move to strengthen the existing relationship between the two entities. According to the agreement, the two firms will exchange know-how, expertise and information on projects of mutual interest. The agreement, signed by RTA chairman Mattar Al Tayar and Ahmed Thani Al Matrooshi, managing director of Emaar, sets out to strengthen partnership efforts “in order to achieve the vision of Dubai Government to make the city of Dubai a centre of finance, business and tourism in the region,” according to a statement.

It also claims to boost common efforts to “improve operational efficiency, simplify procedures, develop customer services and sustain communication & links between the two parties” the statement continued.According to Al Tayer it follows a previous agreement with Emaar to fund, design and construct the Burj Dubai Metro station to serve real estate projects undertaken by Emaar. Source