Project to boost road safety around schools in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi - Dh74m project will help designate safe areas for students.

The Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) has launched a project to enhance road safety around schools. The Dh74 million project covers 98 schools across Abu Dhabi and aims to ensure the highest standards of safety for students.
Musbbah Mubarak Al Murar, acting General Manager of ADM, said: "The launch of the road safety improvement programme and school zones safety project is accorded top priority by the municipal system, which reiterates its unfaltering commitment to enhance the safety of road users by first targeting the most precious, yet accident-prone segment of the community - children and young students.
"In 2011, the ADM made significant improvement in assessing risks, and managed to identify traffic accidents hot-spots all over the road network. It compiled a programme to devise solutions, reflecting the municipality's compliance with the UN Roads Safety Charter."
Majid Al Kathiri, director of the department of internal roads, infrastructure and municipal assets, said work is up and running in the schools traffic safety scheme for 60 schools.
The concept design for these schools has been completed, and the proposed designs for 25 schools have been approved by the Urban Planning Division. Actual construction works will start immediately after the project and the budget are officially sanctioned by the competent authorities.
"The project includes upgrading and improving traffic movement at entrances, exits and roads surrounding school zones, besides enhancing traffic safety of vehicles (buses and cars) at zebra crossings around school zones. The project also comprises the construction of new infrastructure in schools such as parking lots, additional parking spaces (for vehicles and buses), speed breakers (speed bumps, and zebra crossing humps), traffic signs, and road surface markings at school zones."
He noted that the implementation of the project would take about two years.
The project will help designate safe areas for students and ensure safe boarding and alighting of students from buses is at par with the global standards.
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