Abu Dhabi: Authorities are planning to introduce road-toll system in Abu Dhabi to reduce the number of cars on the road.
The toll will be propositional to the volume of congestion, Abu Dhabi Department of Transport announced on Wednesday.
The congestion charge will go up during peak hour and go down when there is less traffic, said officials.
Also, according to officials, parking lots, accommodating between 5,000 to 7,000 vehicles, will built at the planned metro stations to encourage residents to use public transport.
The metro stations are expected to be built by 2011.
The officials, however, did not say when the road-toll system will be introduced.
and soon we might have toll gates in Ajman and RAK too!!! WTH?!?!
