Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Municipality says it has completed between 50-85 per cent of the pedestrian and cyclist corridors project at Khalifa City, Shakhboot City and Mohammad Bin Zayed City with lengths ranging between seven and 18 kilometres.
The municipality pointed out that the project is an embodiment of the vision of the municipal system in Abu Dhabi seeking to achieve sustainable development objectives and enhance the standards and quality of life in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, and a reflection of its goal to provide the highest quality standards of municipal services through participation with the community and strategic partners to provide the best services according to international standards.
The municipality said the project to establish pedestrian walkways and corridors for cyclists demonstrates its commitment to the institutional values aimed at continuous upgrading of the level of quality of life in the city and to provide recreational and sports options for people, according to ideal environment, security, and safety specifications to perform these two sports.
The municipality also said that it will move forward in implementing a system projects carried out by the infrastructure sector in order to develop infrastructure components in a manner that achieves the aspirations of community members and contribute to support the components of comprehensive development taking place in Abu Dhabi at all levels.
The municipality explained that the projects are implemented in cooperation and coordination with the Department of Transport and the Abu Dhabi Council for Urban Planning and within the framework of strengthening the relations of partnership and integration with other departments to develop public service facilities.
These corridors are implemented in the three cities so that the width of the passages are four metres, built in an integrated manner for pedestrians and cyclists. The corridors must be a distance of four metres away from the stone pavement of the main road.
Separating the pedestrian and bicycles walkway has to be done according the urban roads design guide. There will also be road signs as designated in the comprehensive plan for pedestrians and cyclists.
In terms of the aesthetic and cultural appearance of the project, the Municipality of Abu Dhabi is adding natural or desert cosmetic artistic works on the sides of all corridors so as not to be used by pedestrians, while in the case of the existence of a pavement for pedestrians on the edge of the road there will be signboards to guide pedestrians from the beginning of the intersection, and paving all roads and expanding the areas of pedestrian crossing in a sufficient manner.
