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The Acting General Director of the
General Directorate of Traffic Lt. Col. Sheikh
Abdul Rahman bin Sabah Al-Khalifa that according
to His Excellency Lt. General Shaikh Rashid bin
Abdulla Al Khalifa, Minister of Ministry of
Interior directions the General Directorate of
Traffic had an integrated traffic plan on the
occasion of the Formula 1 Races held on the
24-25-26 April.
He pointed out that a team has been formatted composed of 16
officers and 195 non-commissioned officers to
cover this event during the 3 days, equipped
with all appliances, equipment, cranes,
machinery and motorcycles, in addition to
preparing a Traffic Office to follow the
accidents, as well as another team has been
formatted to work on the King Fahd bridge to
facilitate the procedures for the cars and buses
entry coming to watch the event.
He pointed out that the work in the General Directorate of Traffic
duration the race period will be as usual to
follow up any incidents from the offices,
stopping the irregularities and the daily
traffic patrols, especially that the last day of
the race will be on Sunday where both sectors
government and private institutions will work
normally, Traffic Directorate is ready to face
the any emergency may happen, especially in the
traffic peak period, stressing that the streets
leading to the race track will be closed in the
last day, the closed streets will include Zallaq
Highway, northern Awali roundabout up to the
race track, and Shaihk Khalifa bin Salman
highway - the traffic light intersection of
roundabout 6 up to the intersection of Zallaq
Street.
The Acting General Director confirmed that an alternative streets
will be to find for the citizens and residents
in Hamad Town and Zallaq, by using the following
streets: Crown Prince highwat from Riffa
roundabout to Hamad Town - Zaid bin Omaira
Highway to Zallaq and Road 36 through roundabout
13 in Hamad Town to Zaid bin Omaira Highway to
Zllaq and the western region, also vehicles that
want to enter the race track during the closure
period can use Zaid bin Omaira Highway, passing
through Zallaq until Al Areen roundabout.
On the other hand, Major Moussa Isa Dosari Director of the Training
and Public Relation Affairs Directorate assures
that there will be a temporary traffic control
room next to the Bahrain International Circuit
that will be provided with monitoring screens to
watch streets leading to the circuit during the
Formula1 races, also all media will be
explicated to guide the drivers and road users
through the traffic alternative, wishing the
traffic safety to all road users and asking to
cooperate with the traffic police to success
this major event.
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