Home Industry Transport Dubai’s RTA announces road closures this weekend Parts of Sheikh Zayed road, MBR Boulevard and Happiness street will be closed on November 8 by Zainab Mansoor November 7, 2019 Dubai’s Road and Transport Authority (RTA) has alerted motorists over expected road closures on November 8. Parts of Sheikh Zayed Road, Mohammad bin Rashid boulevard and Happiness street will remain closed on Friday, November 8 due to Dubai’s ongoing 30×30 Fitness Challenge initiative. To organise the #DubaiRUN, there will be some road closures on Friday, November 8. Kindly check the timings and locations of the closures and the alternative roads you can take for your journeys. #DubaiFitnessChallnege @DXBFitChallenge @DubaiPoliceHQ @DXBMediaOffice pic.twitter.com/fwjuLlhR0m — RTA (@rta_dubai) November 6, 2019 “To organise the Dubai Run, there will be some road closures on Friday, November 8. Kindly check the timings and locations of the closures and the alternative roads you can take for your journeys,” a post on RTA’s official Twitter account read. If you are a participant in the race or using the roads on the day of #DubaiRUN, Friday, November 8th, check the map for the road closures. #DubaiFitnessChallenge @DXBFitChallenge @DubaiPoliceHQ @DXBMediaOffice pic.twitter.com/4B58BrXuUQ — RTA (@rta_dubai) November 7, 2019 The list of road closures and their alternative routes are as follows: Closure: Sheikh Zayed road – northbound, from 6-8am. Alternative: Al Khail road, on the upper part of Financial Centre street. Closure: Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard, from 6-7.45am. Alternative: Burj Khalifa street Closure: Happiness street, from 6-8.30am Alternative: Za’abeel II street Closure: Financial Centre street in both directions (only lower part), from 6-8am Alternative: Upper part of Financial Centre street To ensure the arrival of participants to the #DubaiRUN race, we changed the operating hours of #DubaiMetro on Friday, November 8, 2019, with the first trip starting at 4:30 am. You can reach the start line from the World Trade Centre Metro Station. #DubaiFitnessChallenge pic.twitter.com/8ayo2cINkL — RTA (@rta_dubai) November 6, 2019 For the Dubai Run event, RTA informed fitness enthusiasts to reach the gathering point by using metro trains to the World Trade Centre metro station while arrangements of nearly 7,000 parking slots for participants around the Dubai World Trade Centre area have been made. 0 Comments