Abu Dhabi is on track to setup a road toll system similar to the Salik system in Dubai. Abu Dhabi’s new Law No 17 of 2017, HH President Sheikh Khalifa, states that the Department of Transport (DoT) will identify the areas where the tolls will be setup and what would be the applicable toll rates.
DoT will be the authority to collect the Abu Dhabi toll tariff from the users who drice through the toll roads. The proposed fee for the toll roads will be announced soon. It is to be noted that ambulances, public buses, motorcycles and vehicles belonging to the Armed forces and Civil defense would be exempted from the tariff.
The penalty for non payment of tolls would be high as per the law, upto Dhs 10,000 with a yearly cap of Dhs 25,000.
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Why Toll Roads in Abu Dhabi?
Abu Dhabi government has indicated that the purpose of implementing tolls is to reduce the traffic congestion in the city. On a related note, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport announced in Feb 2018, that the toll system would only be operational during the peak traffic hours in morning and evening.
The toll roads are also in line with the Federal Transport Authority’s announcement in 2016, that 800km of roads that connect Northen Emirates to Dubai and Abu dhabi should have tolls implemented.
Where are the Toll gates coming up in Abu Dhabi?
On June 25th, The National wrote that the new Toll gates have come up at Sheikh Zayed Road and Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Highway already. The gates are yet to be activated. Currently, the gates are being used to track expired car license plates and to fine the violators. In just 2 weeks, the system caught 18640 vehicles and they were impounded and it still continues to catch cars with expired registrations.
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