المملكة: Urgent – Weekend traffic jam increases transit time to 44 minutes on King Fahd Causeway
Today, Friday, the King Fahd Causeway, linking the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Bahrain, witnesses Traffic density and congestion on the lanes in both directions, coinciding with the peak departure of passengers for the weekend, which led to a noticeable slowdown in traffic and an increase in waiting time indicators to levels classified by operational authorities as “high.”
The control and monitoring rooms recorded an increase in the average transit time The procedure area towards the Kingdom of Bahrain reached 44 minutes, which is a time exceeding the usual rates, while the return movement towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia recorded a similar time of 42 minutes, which reflects the large volume of human flow during the peak hours of this holiday.
Security measures and increased congestion
The usual congestion at such times worsened due to the application of Innovated security measures require taking a “fingerprint” manually for each traveler, which posed an additional logistical challenge in the face of long queues of vehicles that crowded the parking lots, which negatively affected the desired traffic flow.
The competent authorities moved urgently to contain this great pressure by activating the “spatial verification” service through the government “Nafath” application, as a smart technical solution that allows travelers to complete biometric fingerprint procedures. Digitally via their personal phones, bypassing the slowness resulting from traditional manual scanning.
This development step comes in immediate response to the high density requirements imposed by weekend holidays, with the aim of reducing the long waiting time for travelers, and ensuring the restoration of the smooth flow of movement in this vital artery, which is the most important land port between the two brotherly countries.
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