Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President and Ruler of Dubai, has appointed a committee to oversee the development of the next stage of the Expo 2020 Dubai site.
Dubai Expo site to be transformed into District 2020
The Supreme Committee will oversee the site’s transformation into District 2020, the city’s newest residential and business district, Dubai Media Office said.
It will be led by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed, chairman and chief executive of Emirates airline and group.
Plans for District 2020 to use more than 80 per cent of the Expo 2020 site’s built environment have already been released, The National reported.
District 2020 Features
When transformed into District 2020, it will become the UAE’s first 15-minute city, a cycle-friendly, traffic-free suburb of the growing metropolis.
It will include an autonomous-vehicle route, a 10-kilometre cycling track, interconnected, wide pedestrian pathways and a 5km jogging track.
It will also have space for 85 start-ups and small businesses when it opens to its first corporate tenants towards the end of this year.
The Supreme Committee, which has a term of three years, will oversee District 2020’s development, including all projects, initiatives, programmes and activities.
It will supervise the transformation of the site’s infrastructure to accommodate the new facilities and look at investment opportunities with the private sector.
The committee will also look after global promotional and marketing activities for the area.
Sheikh Mohammed has extended the terms of the Expo 2020 Dubai Preparatory committee and those of the Expo 2020 Dubai Bureau and its director general by six months.

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