A meeting was held earlier in the week between high-level officials from Dubai World's Nakheel Properties and the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to discuss the possibility of linking the Metro Dubai commuter train system to feeder systems serving some of Nakheel's developments.
The two sides agreed that linking Palm Jumeirah's monorail to the Metro Dubai network and the tramways of Al Sufouh Road would require locating the two stations as close to each other as possible, according to Khaleej Times.
Adnan Al Naqi, Managing Director of Palm Deira and General Executive Coordinator of Dubai World, and Abdul Majeed Khaja, Executive Director of RTA led the two groups, which discussed Linking Palm Jumeirah's monorail system to Metro Dubai, the tram way planned for Al Sfouh Road, linking the Metro network to Jumeirah Lake Towers and Ibn Batuta Mall and linking Palm Deira to Metro Dubai.
Abdullah bin Sulayem, Operations Director of Palm Deira, Ahmad bin Sulayem, COO of Dubai Multi Commodities Center, and Osama Al Hamshari, First Manager, Engineering Services, Palm Deira spoke on behalf of Dubai World, while the RTA delegation included Abdul Redha Hussain Abu Al Hassan, Director of Planning and Design, Ramadan Abdullah Mohammad, Director of Operations Department, Muna Abdulrahman Saleh Al Osaimi, Planning Manager, Mohammad Saeed bin Darwish, Design Supervisor, and Ali Akbar Ahrary, railway specialist.
"The talks are intended to secure the highest level of coordination and to enhance the principles of true strategic partnership adopted by Dubai World in its relations with different government authorities,” stated Al Naqi.
