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8/14/24, 10:20 AM Dubai: New Salik Toll Gate Revealed? Motorists Spot Changes On Al Khail Road
Reducing traffic volumes from Al Meydan and Al Safa Streets to Sheikh Zayed Road by about

42 per cent

Reducing traffic volumes on Sheikh Zayed Road between Financial Centre and Latifa Bint
Hamdan Streets by 4 per cent

Optimising the use of First Al Khail Road and Al Asayel Streets by 4 per cent.

How Salik works
Currently, there are eight operational Salik gates located across Dubai. These are Al Mamzar

North, Al Mamzar South, Al Garhoud Bridge, Al Maktoum Bridge, Airport Tunnel, Al Safa, Al
Barsha and Jebel Ali.

Each time a vehicle passes through a Salik toll gate, the RFID scans the Salik sticker tag
attached to the car's windscreen, and a toll fee of Dh4 is automatically deducted from the

motorist's prepaid toll account, which can be topped up online or through recharge cards.
Failure to maintain an adequate account balance or passing through Salik without a valid tag

will lead to penalties.

Last year, about 593 million journeys went through Salik's toll gates. From January to June
this year, 238.5 million trips passed through the eight toll gates, resulting in Dh1.1 billion half-

year revenue, up by 5.6 per cent from the same period last year.

Toll gates in the capital

The road toll system is also available in Abu Dhabi, where Darb was introduced in January
2021. Like in Dubai, motorists who pass any of the main bridges leading to the capital city (Al
Maqtaa Bridge, Mussafah Bridge, Sheikh Zayed Bridge and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Bridge)

are also charged Dh4 for every journey.

Motorists who pass through DARB, however, are only charged during peak hours which are
7am to 9am and 5pm to 7pm, from Monday to Saturday. No DARB charges apply during non-

peak hours on weekdays and DARB toll is free whole day on Sundays and public holidays.

Salik gates in Dubai are chargeable during the holidays and 24 hours daily; except in Al
Maktoum, where passing is free on Sundays and from 10pm to 6am Monday to Saturday.

(With inputs from SM Ayaz Zakir and Nasreen Abdulla)

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