The Sharjah Quagmire

KHALEEJ TIMES

The Sharjah Quagmire
21 November 2009

I appreciate the Sharjah government for continuously working to control the traffic congestions in the emirate.

The main reason for the formation of congestion is lack of easy excess to the road leading to Dubai and entry to Sharjah. For example, to get entry to the south ring road, vehicles coming from the city have to take a zig-zag turn near Safeer Mall. Then the road narrows to one track leading to the first flyover.

Even though the ring road is wide, there is only one track to enter all the four roads leading to Dubai. The situation is the same for the traffic leading to Sharjah from Dubai. Though the roads are wide, it becomes single track near the flyover, and this leads to the piling up of vehicles.

The solutions are:
a) Route the Al Khan road directly to the ring road
b) Increase the number of tracks in the exit to Dubai from ring road and vice versa towards Sharjah.

I hope the authorities will consider these suggestions to ensure the smooth flow of traffic into and out of the beautiful city of Shrajah.

K V Shamsudheen,
Sharjah