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Dubai’s two new Salik gates go live on


               Sunday




               Tolls will be in operation on Business Bay Crossing on Al
               Khail Road and in Al Safa South on Sheikh Zayed Road




               Sneha May Francis
               November 23, 2024




               Two new Salik gates in Dubai – at the Business Bay Crossing on Al Khail

               Road and at Al Safa South on Sheikh Zayed Road – will be activated on

               Sunday, taking the number of tolls in the emirate to 10.



               Announced by the Roads and Transport Authority in January, the gates

               will collect the standard Dh4 every time a vehicle crosses them and will
               aim to reduce traffic congestion by 12 to 15 per cent in the Business Bay


               area and by 15 per cent in Al Safa area.


               In January, Salik Company – the operator of the toll gates – explained

               that the locations were chosen following traffic studies to reduce

               congestion.



               “The addition of new toll gates in two increasingly busy locations marks

               the latest milestone in the growth plan that we set out at the time of
               Salik’s initial public offering," Ibrahim Al Haddad, chief executive of

               Salik, said at the time. Mattar Al Tayer, director general of the RTA,

               added that Dubai's road toll strategy was key to its efforts to reduce

               traffic.




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