The challenges of the truck movement on the Mohammed bin Zayed road caused by the lack of commitment to the drivers

The Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Eng. Suhail bin Muhammad Al Mazrouei, stressed that the tasks of the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure are to manage, operate, maintain and monitor the Federal Roads Network, in a manner that ensures raising the quality of infrastructure and roads, achieving traffic flow, and enhancing the level of road safety. In this context, the Ministry’s efforts with its partners in the Ministry of Interior are integrated through coordination committees and joint teams, to unify efforts and achieve the highest levels of traffic safety on the federal road network. The Ministry of Interior and General Traffic Department in the local Emirates is the main partner in monitoring traffic and traffic by monitoring violators and implementing the necessary legal sanctions, in order to ensure commitment to traffic rules and contributes to promoting public safety on the roads.

Al -Mazrouei said, in a written response to a question directed by the council member, Mohamed Issa, about the movement of trucks on the Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed road: “The challenges related to the difficulty of entering and exiting the trucks from the exit of the Emirate of Umm Al -Quwain have already been monitored. Required in that area. “

He added: “Through the continuous follow -up of the traffic movement, it shows a lack of commitment from some truck drivers to road marks that prohibit entry to the intersection area except when making sure that the path is free. Therefore, coordination with the Ministry of Interior will be taken to take the necessary measures that include intensifying traffic awareness of drivers, and seizing violators who are not committed to traffic rules, with the application of appropriate legal penalties, given that the Ministry of Interior is the competent authority to apply a law Traffic and traffic.