Dubai Airport Tunnel closures: Details

The Roads and Transport Authority of Dubai has reiterated the temporary closures of the Airport Tunnel this summer, with maintenance work continuing until year-end on select dates, affecting both sides of the tunnel that lead into the districts of Al Rashidiya and Al Qusais.

In a statement, the RTA further explained: “Due to the maintenance works that are being carried out in Dubai Airport Tunnel, drivers heading to any of the districts Al Rashidiya, Al Qusais are kindly notified of the temporal closure timings, specified during working days.”

The Airport Tunnel will remain closed between 12.30am and 5.30am, with maintenance works put on hold during public holidays, Fridays and Saturdays.

More details on closure times and off-work days are shown in the table below: 

	Heading from Al Qusais to Al Rashidiya	Heading from Al Rashidiya to Al Qusais
1	June 1 to 15, 2014	June 16 to 30, 2014
2	July 7 to 9, 2014	July 14 to 16, 2014
3	August 4 to 6, 2014	August 11 to 13, 2014
4	September 1 to 15, 2014	September 16 to 30, 2014
5	October 13 to 15, 2014	October 20 to 22, 2014
6	November 3 to 5, 2014	November 10 to 12, 2014
7	December 1 to 15, 2014	December 16 to 31, 2014

*Table courtesy: RTA