{"id":21693,"date":"2020-02-02T17:43:50","date_gmt":"2020-02-02T13:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=21693"},"modified":"2020-02-02T17:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T13:44:31","slug":"jlt-traffic-stand-still-rta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/jlt-traffic-stand-still-rta\/","title":{"rendered":"The RTA Just Explained Why JLT Traffic Was At A Near Total Stand Still"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anyone else get stuck in heaps of traffic around JLT today?<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the morning, and continuing throughout most of the day, Twitter and Facebook groups have been awash with residents warning residents, shouting &#8216;save yourselves!&#8217; basically doing a solid and warning other drivers to stay away from the area.<\/p>\n<p>And making\u00a0sure we all don&#8217;t get stuck in the same jam &#8211; sound!<\/p>\n<p>The good news? It wasn&#8217;t an accident.<\/p>\n<h2>The RTA advised drivers there are emergency roadworks ongoing<\/h2>\n<p>And they&#8217;re working quickly to get the traffic flow back to normal.<\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>Evidence of the serious traffic scenes<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this is not evidence enough that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JLT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JLT<\/a> needs another adequate exit, I don&#39;t know what is! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K0vlUfk11a\">pic.twitter.com\/K0vlUfk11a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sul (@sultano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sultano\/status\/1223846857165692928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Residents shared their snaps<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Its all the way! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L0Y2qPYF3G\">pic.twitter.com\/L0Y2qPYF3G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sana (@sana_blogs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sana_blogs\/status\/1223845046698594305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;Avoid JLT if you can&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanaChikhalia\/status\/1223832433826639873?s=20<\/p>\n<h2>Authorities are working fast to ensure traffic gets back to normal<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">&#8220;The <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RTA?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#RTA<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> is already paving the street affected by the urgent maintenance work of the Emirates Foundation for Central Cooling Systems, &#8220;EMPOWER&#8221;, in Jumeriah Lakes Towers, where the RTA teams are exerting effort to finalise work and restore traffic to normal&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><\/p>\n<h2>&#8220;As soon as possible&#8221;<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks for contacting us. Kindly note that RTA teams are exerting their best efforts to restore the traffic flow back to normal as quickly as possible. Therefore, we advise all drivers to take the necessary precautions and follow the road signs.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RTA (@rta_dubai) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rta_dubai\/status\/1223939279681990656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone else get stuck in heaps of traffic around JLT today? Beginning in the morning, and continuing throughout most of the day, Twitter and Facebook groups have been awash with residents warning residents, shouting &#8216;save yourselves!&#8217; basically doing a solid and warning other drivers to stay away from the area. 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It wasn&#8217;t an accident.<\/p>\n<h2>The RTA advised drivers there are emergency roadworks ongoing<\/h2>\n<p>And they&#8217;re working quickly to get the traffic flow back to normal.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image_block","image":{"ID":21696,"id":21696,"title":"jlt traffic","filename":"Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","filesize":0,"url":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/jlt-traffic-stand-still-rta\/attachment\/screenshot-2020-02-02-17-29-06\/","alt":"","author":"397","description":"","caption":"","name":"screenshot-2020-02-02-17-29-06","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":21693,"date":"2020-02-02 13:29:49","modified":"2020-02-02 13:31:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":700,"height":546,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06-300x234.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":234,"medium_large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","medium_large-width":700,"medium_large-height":546,"large":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","large-width":700,"large-height":546,"1536x1536":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","1536x1536-width":700,"1536x1536-height":546,"2048x2048":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","2048x2048-width":700,"2048x2048-height":546,"small":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06-230x179.png","small-width":120,"small-height":93,"custom-size":"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/2020\/02\/Screenshot-2020-02-02-17.29.06.png","custom-size-width":256,"custom-size-height":200}},"image_caption":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<h2>Evidence of the serious traffic scenes<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text_block","content":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If this is not evidence enough that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JLT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JLT<\/a> needs another adequate exit, I don&#39;t know what is! 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