The Roads and Transport Authority is working on a new Salik toll gate near Energy Metro station which will be operational from October 24 this year. The gate which will be 3rd on Shaikh Zayed road and 7th overall will assist in diverting traffic to Yalayis road and other adjacent freeways.
“By installing Salik Toll Gate in Jebel Ali, RTA aims to redistribute the traffic movement and divert part of the traffic movement from Jebel Ali in the direction of Sharjah and other Emirates. Motorists will be able to use alternative roads such as the Emirates Road, Shaikh Mohammad bin Zayed Road, Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Road, and Al Khail Road,” said Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General, and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of RTA.
The new Salik toll gate is a step toward persuading people to employ public transport and ease traffic congestion on the busy Shaikh Zayed road.
“This is especially relevant as the Shaikh Zayed Road has a host of mass transit means such as the Metro Red Line (extending 52 km connecting 28 stations), and 12 bus routes served by 156 buses that make 1,400 journeys per day,” said Al Tayer, urging more people to use metro and buses.
Apart from it, the authorities are also working on the seventh interchange which will be operational from September 15. This will provide drivers coming from Abu Dhabi a free exit to Yalayis road all the way to Mohammab Bin Zayed road. The motorists coming from Dubai may take the Al Khail road to evade all three toll gates on Shaikh Zayed Road.
“The development of the seventh interchange and Al Yalayes, Al Asayel road will provide additional capacity to the Parallel Roads amounting to 12,000 vehicles per hour in both directions. It will also serve the urbanization witnessed by Dubai. It will also increase the capacity of Al Yalayes Road to 20,000 vehicles per hour in both directions, and cut the journey time between Shaikh Zayed Road and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road to about 4 minutes,” added Al Tayer.