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Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has commissioned toll gate operator Salik to put in two new gates to optimize site visitors circulation and cut back congestion within the metropolis.
The brand new gates shall be situated at Enterprise Bay Crossing on Al Khail Highway, and Al Safa South on Sheikh Zayed Highway between Al Meydan Road and Umm Al Sheif Road.
The gates will handle site visitors distribution and cut back congestion by diverting some site visitors to different routes with better capability, enabling smoother and extra environment friendly journey for all motorists in Dubai.
Salik mentioned the brand new gates, which shall be operational in November 2024, will enhance the full variety of toll gates from eight to 10. Like Al Mamzar North and South, Al Safa South shall be linked to the prevailing Al Safa Gate (Al Safa North), with commuters solely having to pay as soon as in the event that they go by means of the 2 gates in the identical path inside an hour.
The 2 areas had been chosen based mostly on intensive site visitors motion surveys by the Dubai Transport Authority.
“The addition of latest toll gates in two more and more busy areas marks the most recent milestone within the progress plan we set out on the time of Salik’s IPO,” mentioned Ibrahim Sultan Al Haddad, CEO of Salik.
“According to Dubai’s City Plan 2040, which focuses on sustainable and environment friendly city progress, we straight assist RTA’s goal to optimize journey time and cut back site visitors congestion.”
Salik’s concession with RTA
Below the settlement with RTA, Salik will oversee the important civil works required for the development, operation and upkeep of the toll gates. The toll operator may have the unique proper to function the gates till June 2071.
The RTA expects that the Enterprise Bay Crossing gate will assist cut back site visitors congestion on Al Khail Highway by 12-15 %, cut back site visitors quantity on Al Rabat Road by 10-16 % and redistribute site visitors to Al Maktoum and Al Garhoud Bridges and Ras Al Khor Road.
Equally, Al Safa South is predicted to scale back the amount of right-turn site visitors from Sheikh Zayed Highway to Meydan Road by 15 % and optimize site visitors circulation on the Monetary Centre, First Al Khail and Al Asayel Road.
With the launch of the brand new gates, Salik expects a rise within the variety of annual revenue-generating journeys.
The toll operator partnered with Emaar Malls in December to offer a parking administration system for the Dubai Mall, a deal anticipated to diversify income streams and ease site visitors for guests.
The corporate’s third-quarter income rose 14.2 % year-on-year (year-on-year) to Dhs509 million. Toll revenues, which symbolize 87.1 % of Salik’s complete revenues, rose 14.6 % year-on-year, the very best efficiency within the third quarter for the reason that toll operator began operations in 2007.
