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Badr Al Siri, Director of the Traffic Department at the RTA, said the aim of the road fencing project was to stop pedestrians from crossing busy roads from just any arbitrary point and encourage them to utilise safe pedestrian crossing facilities.
“But despite our efforts, pedestrians find ways to go past the barriers. There have been several instances in which pedestrians have cut the fences, dug holes underneath to squeeze through and tried all other means possible. They don't realise that fences are there to save their lives. We are coordinating with the Dubai Police to keep a closer watch on such people,” he added.
He said that a total of 40 pedestrian black spot locations all over Dubai have been targeted as part of the approved Dh70 million Black Spot Treatment Plan 2006.
Al Siri said the project in Dubai alone has considerably reduced pedestrian fatalities over the past one year.
“Around 30 per cent of the Pedestrian Black Spot Treatment Plan implementation has been completed until now,” said the official, adding that certain sections of 26 roads had already been fenced in Dubai.
He also said that the length of the pedestrian fences put up last October on Shaikh Zayed Road was 31km. It cost Dh22 million. “The whole project on this road will be completed next year,” he said.
Al Siri explained that the Pedestrian Black Spot Treatment Plan 2006 includes construction of 17 pedestrian bridges, a number of pedestrian fences, pedestrian operated signals and flat top humps.
Reduction in accidents rate because of fencing is shown by statistics in the table for the year 2005 and 2006.
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