Trucks Banned From Using The BB Bridge

Lorries, tankers and other heavy vehicles have been banned from using Dubai’s Business Bay Crossing.

The order by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is intended to ensure the safety of drivers and keep traffic moving in both directions between Bur Dubai and Deira.

The ban applies to any vehicle weighing 2.5 tonnes or more and will be in force 24 hours a day as well as on all holidays.

It differs from the lorry bans on other crossings, which are lifted at certain times.

Maitha Mohammed bin Adai, Chief Executive Officer of the Traffic and Roads Agency at the RTA, called on lorry drivers and firms that owned heavy vehicles to obey the ban, which applies to the crossing and the roads leading to it. Salahaldin Al Marzoki, of the Traffic and Roads Agency, said the opening of the fourth crossing on the creek had helped to reduce traffic jams on the other three.

There was, therefore, no justification for a lorry or tanker driver using the Business Bay Crossing. Any accident involving a heavy vehicle will cause massive damage, he said.

Bin Adai said work on another crossing, the Floating Bridge, had reached a key phase – the development of roads and interchanges on either side of the creek. He said: “This is one of a series of vital projects being undertaken to upgrade roads and crossings.” “The project is in line with RTA’s strategy and its continual efforts to keep pace with the construction boom and the emirate’s social and economic development, and to meet the needs of Dubai’s growing population.” The sixlane Floating Bridge is being built half a kilometre south of the Al Maktoum Bridge. It will link the area around Deira City Centre and the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club with a new intersection on Riyadh Street between Dubai Courts and Creek Park. The bridge will be constructed using 20-metre-wide hollow concrete blocks that will float on water. Work began at the end of last year and the project will cost Dh127 million.

[Via Emirates Today]