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Sharjah imposes new road timings for trucks

New road timings have come into force for trucks passing through Sharjah.

  • WAM
  • Published: 19:10 November 27, 2008
  • Gulf News

  • Sharjah Police have announced that trucks and heavy vehicles will be barred from all roads in the emirate for an extra three and a half hours in order to ease traffic congestion.
  • Image Credit: Gulf News Archive

Sharjah: New road timings have come into force for trucks passing through Sharjah.

Trucks will be banned on Sharjah roads from 5.30am to 9.30am and from 1pm to 3pm and from 5.30pm to 9.30pm, said a joint statement issued by the general department of police in Sharjah and planning and survey department.

The new timings will help ease traffic flow on all roads in Sharjah, said the statement.

Offenders will be punished, it said.

Do you think this will work? Have you experienced traffic problems because of trucks? What happened? Will the new timings improve the current congestion problems in Sharjah?

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