December 03, 2008

Dubailand to deploy tram and monorails

Gulf News reported that Dubailand will have 50 kilometers to 60 kilometers of combined tram and monorail lines to enable easy movement of people within the emirate's most ambitious leisure and entertainment zone.

Mr Mohammad Al Habbai CEO of Dubailand said that the specific details of the internal transport system that connects Dubailand's various attractions are still being worked out. He added that "The plan is in the concept and design stage."

Mr Al Habbai said that the local transport systems will drastically cut the travel time within the zone, part of Dubai's plans to attract 15 million visitors each year by 2015. He added that "Today average time spent by a person on Dubai's roads is 3 hours daily but we want to reduce it to 25 minutes for Dubailand."

Being developed on 3 billion square feet of land, Dubailand will have more people living in it than Dubai's current population of more than 1.5 million. In other infrastructure projects, AED 1.5 billion is being spent on 11 electricity sub stations within the zone. One sub station is ready and the rest are under construction.