2024-05-01 20:06:28
Dubai: “The Gulf”
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Emergency and Disaster Management in Dubai, reviewed the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority’s preparations and proactive plans to cope to the potential effects of the weather conditions expected today. , Thursday and tomorrow, Friday.
This came during His Highness’ visit to the authority’s Unified Control Center on Wednesday. His Highness listened to an explanation from Mattar Al Tayer, Commissioner General for Infrastructure, Urban Planning and Quality of Life, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, on the proactive plans to address the weather situation.
These plans include the activation of crisis management protocols and response and recovery plans to the effects of the situation, their management from the unified control center for transport and roads, the equipment of a team of field of more than 2,500 employees, the provision of more than 1,000 mechanisms to deal with accumulations of rainwater and solicit the help of more than 60 contractors and suppliers to provide logistical support in machinery and materials, put implementing engineering solutions to reduce the consequences of rainwater accumulation, preparing a traffic management plan in coordination with the Dubai Police General Command and a plan to distribute logistical resources to the sites assembly and prepare more than 150 buses to support the movement of passengers through Dubai International Airport and Dubai Metro stations.
Preparations also include the creation of collection lakes with a capacity of more than 10 million cubic meters and the development of a proactive plan to divert traffic and close roads in case of emergency.
Mattar Al Tayer confirmed that the authority’s plan includes dividing the geographical area of the emirate into 8 sectors, determining the necessary resources and equipment for each area, as well as the location of tanks and mobile pumps in each sector, noting that work teams during In recent days, earth barriers have been put in place on the sides of the main roads which have witnessed gatherings to protect rainwater during the previous exceptional weather conditions and increase the height and width of earthen berms to improve their durability.
Al Tayer reviewed the authority’s plan to operate trains during weather conditions, as Dubai Metro operating hours will be extended on Wednesdays and Thursdays by 24 hours, and the metro will operate with direct routes of one in the morning to five in the morning. Dubai International Airport Station towards Center Point Station, and towards Jejiko Station.
Operational operations at metro stations are also supported by 100 employees, 120 station security guards, 10 maintenance teams, 27 pumps and 50 tanks, in addition to placing barriers and barriers to protect stations that may be affected by rainwater accumulations, indicating that Dubai airports will be supported by buses and taxis to ensure easy arrival and departure of passengers.
Al Tayer reviewed the components of the integrated road and transport infrastructure, which includes a road network with a length of more than 18,700 kilometers of lanes, more than 1,000 bridges and tunnels for vehicles, 60 stations for the metro and the Dubai tram and a bus. fleet which includes 1,398 modern buses compliant with European low carbon specifications (Euro 6), in addition to a taxi fleet numbering 12,707 vehicles.
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inspected the facilities of the Unified Control Center, which plays a major role in organizing movements at important events and exhibitions. The center is responsible for monitoring and managing the movements of more than 23,000 means of transport. and transportation, and analyzes 75 million daily movement data as it relates to… With more than 7,000 cameras covering most of the road and public transportation network, the main control room is connected to more of 34 technical systems and can be integrated simultaneously, in addition to the use of artificial intelligence in incident and crisis management, the technical system of the center is unique in its self-learning function, which guarantees a response fast.
His Highness visited the main control room, which covers an area of 430 square meters and 13 meters high, and can accommodate thirty-six employees, and includes a giant screen with an area of 53 square meters, divided in 40 screens. His Highness inspected the rainwater management common room, which includes representatives from the Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Police, Dubai Municipality and real estate developers. The team undertakes proactive preparation for the rainy season and strengthens cooperation and cooperation. coordination between partners.
The room was equipped with a thermal map showing the areas identified for rainwater harvesting, in addition to the location of pumps and resources belonging to the participating entities, and screens to display live images from the rainwater cameras. monitoring covering the different areas identified as rainwater harvesting in the main area. city streets.
The National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority highlighted the improvement in the level of preparedness and preparedness of the national system to deal with the prevailing meteorological situation in the country, in order to ensure the effectiveness of response and provide the necessary support at the national level. and local levels.
By organizing a series of meetings of the Joint Weather and Tropical Situation Assessment Team, led by the National Emergency, Crisis and Disaster Management Authority and with the participation of the Ministry of Interior, the National Center of meteorology and relevant government agencies, the need to activate business continuity plans and continue monitoring and assessment of the weather situation and its effects on all regions of the country.
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