Work is well underway on the construction of the walkway that will link the Dubai Mall with the Dubai Mall/Burj Khalifa Metro station nearby. At the moment the station is a kilometer or so away from the Mall and passengers are required to take a bus to get there. Once the walkway is built there will be a route directly to the Mall from the station that is under cover and air conditioned and it is expected that this will encourage more people to enter the mall from the Metro station.
Work is expected to be complete on the walkway by 2013.