Dubai: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) in Dubai has drawn up a comprehensive plan to manage traffic movement and mass transit services during the Eid Al Fitr holiday.
Maitha Mohammad Bin Adai, CEO of RTA’s Traffic and Roads Agency and chairperson of the Traffic Management and Handling of Operational Plans during Annual Events Team, said: “The RTA has prepared operational plans for serving about 330,000 persons per day expected at the Business Bay-Dubai Mall district during the Eid Al Fitr holiday — a frequently congested area during this time each year.”
The plan encompasses the installation of 30 directional signs to guide traffic to the Burj Khalifa area. It allows access to the District via Al Asayel Street, Zabeel bridges via Al Saada Street, or through the internal roads of the Business Bay to the Shaikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road. “The objective of the plan is to ease the pressure on the Financial Centre Street and ensure a smooth traffic flow during peak hours. The light signals of the Financial Centre Road and the Mohammad Bin Rashid Boulevard will be monitored and controlled to ensure seamless flow of traffic during peak times,” she said.
Taxis in the pick-up and drop-off area of Dubai Mall will be increased by 5 per cent.
Bin Adai said that a programme is under way to carry out preventive maintenance and cleaning of Eid prayer areas and mosques, as well as bridges and tunnels. The cleaning work will include washing main underpasses, metal rails of bridges, and removal of sand and solid deposit on pavements, footbridges and directional signs of main streets, according to a preset programme.
“A team of engineers and technical inspectors from Roads and Facilities Maintenance Department, in cooperation with Traffic and Roads Departments, will survey the areas around Eid prayers to take corrective actions for any repairs or emergency works during the end of Ramadan,” she added.
