DOHA: The Central Municipal Council (CMC) has called on the Ministry of Transport to identify special lanes for trucks and trailers in and outside the towns to avoid random movements damaging internal roads and highways.
The CMC in its weekly meeting yesterday made recommendations concerning the central vegetable market and the impact of overloaded trucks and trailers on roads.
It also asked for reactivation of a recommendation passed last year regarding the effect of overloaded trucks and trailers on roads in general.
As part of the same recommendation, the CMC forwarded a recommendation to the Public Works Authority (Ashghal) to increase the number of weighing bridges at the entrances and exits of industrial areas.
The recommendation was based on a suggestion made by Councillor Jasem Abdullah Al Malki, representative of Constituency No 1. He said: “It has been observed that many newly established internal roads and highways have been affected by trucks and trailers carrying loads and heavy machineries, especially during summer time.
“This issue was raised many times by the council’s members and discussed with concerned officials as well as recommendations were passed to authorities concerned but the problem remains without any solution,” he said. The recommendation also included a request to the Traffic Department to monitor violating trucks and make trucks carrying heavy machinery adhere to specific lanes and roads.
The CMC also forwarded a recommendation to the Ministry of Municipality and Environment, to transfer the central vegetable market from its current populated area to outside the town. The recommendation was made upon suggestion by Councillor Abdurrahman bin Abdullah Al Khulaifi, representative of Constituency No. 10.
He said residents of Abu Hamour were constantly complaining about insects, rodents and unpleasant odour spreading from the market which had made the environment unhealthy.
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