DUBAI -- Dubai is launching huge infrastructure projects to further attract business and tourists. The city has approved building a new terminal at an airport in the south and also will strengthen urban functions by building a new railway and enhancing the capacity of the rainwater drainage system.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister and ruler of Dubai, gave the green light in late April to constructing the terminal at Al Maktoum International Airport at a cost of 128 billion dirhams ($34.85 billion). When completed, the terminal will make Al Maktoum the world's largest airport, with 400 boarding gates and five parallel runways, capable of handling 260 million passengers a year.
