Majj

Whats the traffic like to Mirdiff these days, heading from say New Dubai at around 6 /7 pm? Is is murder?

Is the Emirates road still the main connection? I'm sure there was a road beyond that that also connected to Mirdiff.

Thanks.

Blue Cat

Majj I went from Al Barsha to Mirdiff on a Friday afternoon and it took me 20 mins!! I was amazed! I would double that during the week, easily. I took the Emirates Road which was really easy.

Majj

Thanks. It doesn't seem like its worsened too much.

ray2gill

Emirates Road is a nightmare at that time of night with lorries and workers busses going to Sharjah. Try the new Business Bay Bridge or Gahroud Bridge to Mirdiff via Festival City. Takes me 30 minutes approx from Crowne Plaza every night to Mirdiff. Biggest hold up is the turning off Al Rabat Street to Mirdiff where the traffic backs up.

beebee

you have 4 routes.. emirates rd, al khail, bus bay or Garhoud bridge. choose the one no one else has. saying that, Mirdif itself is becoming a nightmare at peak times, there are too many buses using it as a shortcut to airport rd, plus the fact it is becoming highly populated

Blue Cat

let's face it, getting anywhere is a nightmare these days. If I try to get to Mall of the Emirates which I can see from my window before 9 am it will take up to 30 mins. If I leave here at 9.30 I am in the mall and drinking coffee by 9.45. It is often down to timing

beebee

business bay crossing cut my journey from home to work from 60 mins to 30, now that was impressive

Blue Cat

for now, give it a year and it will be back to taking an hour to get home, sorry

beebee

it already does.. the time saving was to work.. not back.. getting home is no easier yet

Blue Cat

thank god I don't work! I only go out between the hours of 10 am and 4 pm! saves the stress and hassles. I worry about my husband all the time though, he is on the road constantly as he is in a sales position. I hate him being on the roads here. My Dad lives in Satwa - works Jadaf, used to get up at 7 and be at his desk for 8 - nee bother! now it is get up 7 and get to his desk at 8.30, getting through the Sana light is a no go cos of the container lorries. They need to build a rail system for cargo.

beebee

i have no husband to worry about but both my teenagers drive, my son passed his test in the uk just before we came here and now my daughter is driving too, sometimes they dont come home at night...

Blue Cat

sh1t I would be worried! Husbands can be a worry, might get rid of mine !!

beebee

believe me they are more trouble that way

Blue Cat

mu 'current' husband is living up to standards - at the moment!!!

beebee

just make sure he knows he is 'current' or he may get ideas above his station