Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
Apr 20th 2007, 5:38 am
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Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Traff.../10119562.html
Ahhh the RTA and the government shatter the peace and quiet of another settled neighbourhood.
Razing a few roads, villas (looks like the extension will eat into Safa Park and go straight through Lloyds TSB as well) and more countless months and months of construction work.
For what benefit? Presumably Dubai Properties will slip a few 'waterside luxury developments' in the land which has been cleared...
Ahhh the RTA and the government shatter the peace and quiet of another settled neighbourhood.
Razing a few roads, villas (looks like the extension will eat into Safa Park and go straight through Lloyds TSB as well) and more countless months and months of construction work.
For what benefit? Presumably Dubai Properties will slip a few 'waterside luxury developments' in the land which has been cleared...
Apr 20th 2007, 5:42 am
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
shocking...and more chaos...
Apr 20th 2007, 6:38 am
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
It's been planned for over a year now. I was told over 300 homes would be flattened, although compensation would be favourable.
And Lloyds TSB are happy as they wanted to move, now they get a chunk of cash for doing so.
And Lloyds TSB are happy as they wanted to move, now they get a chunk of cash for doing so.
Apr 20th 2007, 7:17 am
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
it is going to be a complete mare...why oh why can't they just leave things alone...
Does it mean Safa park will disappear then?
MM, xx
Does it mean Safa park will disappear then?
MM, xx
Apr 20th 2007, 7:26 am
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
Apr 20th 2007, 8:36 am
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
This is a very valuable contribution to the creek extension thread.
Apr 20th 2007, 9:33 am
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
Have they worked out how to cross / go under SZR yet? I work right next to this - it's going to be madness. Although it might be kind of cool once it's finished....
W10 - posting sensible posts at 9am - you didn't go to iBO did you? I didn't see any one legged breakdancers...
Apr 20th 2007, 6:16 pm
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Re: Creek extension - through Safa and Jumeirah
The decision to extend it was taken a year ago (a la the plans) but they had stalled six months ago because in true Dubai style, they hadn't actually planned how they were going to actually get the creek under SZR, reached that point and had to stop.
The map provided by the RTA seems to hint at it going under the SZR.
All in all, utter chaos and multi-billion dollar expenditure for very very little gain. The impact a few water buses will have on the traffic problem in Dubai is negligible. It's the same as the metro which will simply localise the problem.
It seems obvious to me that the solution is:
1, Quadruple the number of buses and bus routes, keep the buses running 20 hours a day. Each route should have a bus every 10 minutes
2, Introduce bus and carpool only lanes on the major arteries (SZR, Al Khail, Emirates, Al Wasl). THEN introduce road tolling.
3, Tax the sales of new cars.
4, Sell season tickets and monthly passes for integrated public transport
5, Start building developments in the hundreds and hundreds of vacant sandlots they have in the centre of Dubai instead of waterfront/stretching out 20km into the desert.
6, Change the traffic laws so they actually penalise people, and enforce them.
The map provided by the RTA seems to hint at it going under the SZR.
All in all, utter chaos and multi-billion dollar expenditure for very very little gain. The impact a few water buses will have on the traffic problem in Dubai is negligible. It's the same as the metro which will simply localise the problem.
It seems obvious to me that the solution is:
1, Quadruple the number of buses and bus routes, keep the buses running 20 hours a day. Each route should have a bus every 10 minutes
2, Introduce bus and carpool only lanes on the major arteries (SZR, Al Khail, Emirates, Al Wasl). THEN introduce road tolling.
3, Tax the sales of new cars.
4, Sell season tickets and monthly passes for integrated public transport
5, Start building developments in the hundreds and hundreds of vacant sandlots they have in the centre of Dubai instead of waterfront/stretching out 20km into the desert.
6, Change the traffic laws so they actually penalise people, and enforce them.
