Trust Dubai to take everything to a new level and you won’t be disappointed. While the city’s skyscrapers are not hidden from anyone, the city is about to bowl you over with yet another grand project. Emirate’s largest construction project- the expansion of Al-Maktoum International airport is set to restart. So, what does the plan look like? Find out.
Dubai is considering plans for restarting the emirate’s largest construction project, the AED 120 billion ($33bn) expansion of Al-Maktoum International airport. The project, also known as Dubai World Central is expected to restart and sources close to the project confirm that talks among officials connected with the project have already begun.
The resumption of Dubai’s largest construction project will provide a significant economic boost to the emirate, whose economy, while strong, is not currently producing as much construction work as in the past.
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The expansion project was first introduced in June 2010 for cargo operations and later in October 2013 for passenger flights. The initiative is part of the country’s plan to make DWC the largest airport in the world by 2050 with a handling capacity of up to 255 million passengers annually.
The initial phase of the project, which is scheduled to be finished by 2030, will reportedly increase the airport’s capacity to 130 million passengers annually. The project’s total development area is expected to be 56 square kilometers. The plans to resume the project were largely driven by the ongoing recovery in passenger traffic, especially with Dubai International Airport, the emirate’s primary international hub, exceeding its traffic targets with 66.1 million passengers in 2022. Additionally, it is anticipated that the airport will serve close to 78 million passengers by year’s end before returning to 2019 levels in 2024.
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Reports reveal that the DWC expansion project was delayed during the pandemic after developers competed for the estimated $2.7 billion substructure contract for Concourse 1 and the West Terminal building, the largest contract tendered for the project.
The contract spans more than 1.7 million square metres and also includes facilities like people-mover tunnels, baggage handling systems, ground services road networks and back-of-house technical and support facilities.
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