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Sharjah-Dubai road facing traffic jams
DUBAI - The past few days witnessed exceptionally heavy traffic jam on Al Ittihad Road in the Sharjah-Dubai direction, particularly during peak hours, causing great incovenience to motorists and an increase in the travel time as a result of dumping of truckloads of sand on the offroad track behind Sahara Centre, which was popularly used by motorists as an alternate to highway.
With the offroad sandy track closed, the entire traffic is now directed to the Al Ittihad Road, which is experiencing heavier snarl-ups, amidst speculations on the reasons behind the closure of the track. However, officials at Dubai Municipality said that they were unaware of such a development. "As the offroad track is not a proper road, the question of blocking or unblocking it does not arise," an official said commenting on the issue.
"The short cut behind Sahara Centre allowed motorists to circumvent the bottle-neck on the Al Ittihad Road and reach Dubai via Al Qusais. Now with that patch of land inaccessible, the travelling time from Sharjah to Dubai has gone up considerably," Muntassir Ali, a taxi driver in Sharjah said. He added that each trip to Dubai will take longer now bringing down the number of trips he makes per day, and eventually affects his daily earnings. Other taxi drivers also expressed concern for their already ailing business, which they said would plunge further down.
Salah K., a motorist, said: "I still cannot understand the reasons behind blocking an alternative route which is easing traffic congestion on Sharjah-Dubai main road. The shortcut was convenient to many motorists although a limited number of vehicles used to pass through it."
"During the past year, drivers managed to find some short cuts around the same location linking Al Nahda and Al Qusais areas. These roads were blocked in the same way with trucks dumping sand just behind Sahara Centre," he pointed out.
Amin Abu Aliz, an employee at a government department, explained that traffic jams during morning hours is unbearable. "The problem has been there for a long time and traffic congestion is increasing tremendously every year. The civic body should open new routes instead of closing such small short cuts, and plans should be drawn up in collaboration with the traffic police to introduce serious solutions." Another motorist, Alaa A. feels that the authorities concerned, despite their announcements for alternatives, are not taking steps to solve the problem.
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