01 May 2004

The Ras Al Khaimah Government is studying possibilities of setting up a railway system to transport rocks and landfill aggregate from local quarries to neighbouring emirates.

Also under consideration is laying an alternative road to ferry the rocks.
The aim is to cut dust pollution and protect the existing road infrastructure, currently under threat by the heavy vehicles.
The trucks currently carrying rocks will eventually be banned from plying the emirate’s roads. The government says the sector will not be badly affected once the decision comes into effect because of the alternative arrangements being made.

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