Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has issued an apology to residents in the Jumeirah Beach Residence and Dubai Marina areas for the inconvenience caused by the ongoing Dubai Tram construction works and vowed that some intersections will be opened this week in order to ease traffic congestion.
“We would like to apologise to all road users in the areas surrounding the Dubai Tram Project for the inconvenience caused due to traffic and we’d like to ensure that we are committed to the completion of this project on time, which will serve both residents and visitors & will provide easy accessibility in the area,” the RTA said on its official Twitter page.
“We’d like to announce that a number of intersections will be opened in the same area this week and all major intersections will be opened before the end of this month,” it added.
Last month, the RTA said it had started executing the last traffic diversions as part of preparations for the Dubai Tram project, which is scheduled to start operating in November.
At the time, it said it was working on the final diversion on Jumeirah Beach Residence Street, Dubai Marina.
The 1km-long diversion will last for at least one month it said on August 20.
Maitha bin Udai, CEO of Traffic and Roads Agency, said two lanes on both sides of the street will be closed during the works and urged motorists to comply with road rules and following directional signs “to avoid traffic snarls”.
Dubai’s new tram will officially launch on November 11, it was announced last week.
It will be the first tramway project outside Europe to be powered by a ground-based electric supply system along the track without the need for overhead cables.
The initial phase of the project consists of a 10.6km-long track starting from the Dubai Marina and stretching up to the Tram Depot near Dubai Police Academy.
The tram network will feature 17 passenger stations and a fleet of 11 trams in the initial phase. Fourteen trams will be added in Phase 2 to make a total of 25 operating trams.
The tram is expected to transport about 27,000 passengers per day at the start of operations, and the number of passengers is expected to increase to 66,000 per day by 2020.
Each tram has seven coaches, including a gold suite and one cabin dedicated to women and children. It will be operated by Serco, the same company that manages the Dubai Metro.
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