Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has issued tender documents for two more intersections serving the Expo 2020 site.

The closing date for the two tenders is 6 June. Contractors were earlier invited to submit bids for two other Expo interchanges. The original closing date was 4 May, it is understood that the deadline is now 11 May.

The contractors invited to bid include:

• Al-Naboodah Contracting Company (local)
• Belhasa Six Construct (local/Belgium)
• China State Construction Engineering Corporation (China)
• Dutco Balfour Beatty (UK)
• Gunal Mapa (Turkey)
• Larsen & Toubro (India)
• National Wheel J&P (local/Cyprus)
• Wade Adams Contracting (local)

A fifth interchange providing access to the Expo site is also expected to be tendered by the RTA. The consultant for all five projects is the US’ Aecom.

The Expo site, which is opposite Dubai Investments Park on the Jebel Ali to Lehbab Road, will also be served by the Route 2020 metro line.

The RTA signed a AED10.6bn ($2.9bn) contract to design and build the rail link to a consortium of Spain’s Acciona, Turkey’s Gulermak and France’s Alstom in October last year.

For the Expo site itself, Dubai says it will award 47 construction contracts worth AED11bn ($3bn) in 2017. In March the local/UK Al-Futtaim Carillion will be the main contractor for the AED2.2bn ($599m) deal to build the three Theme Districts.