CMC member for Constituency No. 16, Mohamed Saleh Al Khayarin (left), with an Officer from the General Directorate of Traffic, Hamed Salim Nahab (centre), and an Ashghal official during a meeting at a private Majlis at Beni Hajir.
Residents of Constituency No.16 have demanded from the authorities concerned to build more pedestrian crossing on Al Shahama Road to ensure a safe and smooth traffic flow.
This came during an interactive session attended by CMC member, representatives from General Directorate of Traffic and Public Works Authority (Ashghal) held under the community partnership program.
Under the program, General Directorate of Traffic held a consultative gathering at the private Majlis of Mohamed Saleh Al Khayarin, CMC member for of the constituency No.16 Beni Hajir on Wednesday.
The community partnership program implemented by the General Directorate of Traffic within its annual operating plan with the aim of communicating with all groups of society to spread the traffic awareness among people.
A number of traffic issues was discussed during the visit, including the absence of pedestrian crossing lines in Al Shahama street as the main street in the region, some road engineering and traffic safety issues, in addition to the importance of raising traffic awareness issues on social media in order to reach more of people specially youth.
CMC Member, Mohamed Saleh Al Khayarin said that he received a number of traffic complaints from the residents including absence of pedestrians crossing lines on Al Shahama Street, which causes traffic accidents. Also there is always traffic jam on the street, especially during peak hours in the morning and evening.
Al Shahama Street is an extension of Al Doha — Al Rayyan Street, and therefore the street must be redesigned to include surveillance cameras to control traffic violations and to increase signals, he said.
The residents of the constituency said that many areas and schools have been opened, while there is only one entrance for the area (Beni Hajer), and among the regions are Rawdat Qadim, Al Sik, and others.
They also asked Traffic Department and Ashghal to amend the places for signals and add more speed bumps in the streets to reduce traffic accidents. At the end of the visit, the attendees stressed the necessity of coordination to enhance the traffic safety among the youth, and urged the youth to participate in the targeted programs organised by the Ministry of Interior and other various state institutions.
The Department’s officers have affirmed the department’s keenness to coordinate with Ashghal and the relevant authorities to raise the level of road safety and ensure the smooth flow of traffic, stressing that all attendance proposals will be submitted to the authorities concerned.
The General Directorate of Traffic recently visited residents of Constituency 11 and discussed a number of traffic issues including the problem of parking trucks in residential areas and the negative effects resulting from this violation. They also discussed other matters related to traffic engineering and safety in the region, enhancing traffic awareness on social media in order to reach more of people especially the youth.
