Road toll activated July 1st
The country’s first-ever road toll is due to be activated in Dubai on July 1st, covering a stretch of Sheikh Zayed Road. That’s the main artery, a freeway joining Dubai with Abu Dhabi which takes the heaviest traffic.
Because of high rents in Dubai very many people live in neighbouring Sharjah, or even further in Ajman & Umm Al Quwain, meaning that mornings and evenings the road is choked because they’re commuting.
There are two automatic tollgates, one near Mall of the Emirates in ‘New Dubai’, the other near Garhoud Bridge in Deira.