(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Muscat Municipality will install traffic lights at 15 roundabouts in the city as part of its plans to regulate vehicular movement.
'These roundabouts do not have traffic lights. What follows is a lot of chaos and police has to to regulate traffic in these areas. Traffic on each road that leads to the roundabout comes to a standstill because there is no traffic light.
'If there are say five roads, then all commuters on those roads try to exit the roundabout at the same time. In the process, all get stuck in the traffic. The traffic police has to intervene to clear the congestion. That is why it was thought to introduce traffic lights at the roundabouts,' a source said.
The main roundabouts that will get traffic lights include the Seeb, Qurm and Amerat areas. 'A roundabout with a traffic signal will facilitate collision-free movement of vehicles,' he added. Muscat Municipality has plans to do away with many roundabouts and replace them with traffic intersections. 'We are yet to implement this plan. It will address a lot of issues.'
Neelabh Kaul, a regular commuter using the Qurm roundabout said, 'Installing traffic signals at the roundabout is a good idea. It is quite tough waiting especially during the summers. Just because of this, I reach home late every second day. 'Once a traffic signal in place, motorists will wait for their turn to exit without causing snarls.' Peak hours are the most congested, said Ashwini Shukla a commuter from Amerat. 'I leave my house early to avoid congestion at the roundabout in the main area. Roundabouts without traffic lights are like nightmares. 'The day the police mans these roundabouts, it is a relief. Once the traffic lights are in place, they too can breathe a sigh of relief,' she said.
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