Dubai infrastructure projects deliver AED 262 billion savings

Dubai's roads and transport infrastructure projects have generated cumulative savings worth AED 262 billion between 2006 and 2023.

This far exceeds the amount of AED 140 billion that the government invested in these projects during the same period.

According to the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), these savings are primarily from reduced time and fuel wasted due to traffic congestion.

The figures were revealed on the sidelines of the Dubai International Project Management Forum.

Investments in roads and transport systems also contributed to a 90 per cent reduction in accident fatalities - from 21.9 per 100,000 population in 2006 to 1.9 in 2022.

Meanwhile, the number of riders using public and shared transport means soared from 95 million in 2006 to nearly half a billion in 2022.

In a keynote speech titled "Leading Mega Projects and Strategic Transformations” to the #DIPMF, HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of #RTA revealed that the cumulative savings of the substantial government investments of the Dubai… pic.twitter.com/cgOE40ChsI

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While addressing the forum, Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA, outlined other statistics and achievements:

• The Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) in some of Dubai's road projects is anticipated to reach AED 8.8 by 2030. This means the economic return for every dirham invested is expected to reach AED 8.8.
• The Dubai Metro, having achieved a break-even point between benefits and costs in 2016, is projected to yield a return of AED 4.3 for every dirham spent by 2030.
• The Metro’s Blue Line is expected to generate total benefits of AED 56.5 billion by 2040.
• AED 22 billion are forecasted benefits of Dubai's Self-Driving Transport Strategy 2030.