Road block
ANOTHER new shopping mall opened last week - on day 2 it was heaving! It has the largest indoor ski-slope in the world, fabulous! That's exactly what this place needs.. not a decent venue to house all the pop acts/ musicians who visit. Currently, they can only visit during the cooler months, as all the venue's are outdoors. We certainly do not need a new zoo to house the poor crusting animals. Furthermore, this mall is only 10 minutes up the road from a humungous mall which opened up only 7 months ago.
All the traffic for the new mall has just trebled my journey time home in the evenings...joy! Speaking of traffic, i was on my way to Media City for a meeting. What was usually a 15 minute journey took 1 and half hours! Upon arrival (embarrassinlgy late!) i asked the client if this was just a temporary thing due to ramadan timings. He informed me that sadly this is now the norm. Miles of traffic for hours on end.
One wonders if town planning was ever considered? Media City, Internet City, Knowledge Village, The Palm, Jumeirah Beach Residence and not forgetting all the hotels! All these establishments are in close proximity at one end of town, accessed by only 2 roads, which incidentally looks like a bomb site due to roadworks. However it is comforting to see that something is being done about it; the largest spaghetti junction in the world is under construction (to help people get lost in the area), but building a few parallel lanes ain't gonna fix the problem.
We are now in the presence of the largest parallel car-park in the world, but look on the bright side folks, it's free parking (for now)!
All the traffic for the new mall has just trebled my journey time home in the evenings...joy! Speaking of traffic, i was on my way to Media City for a meeting. What was usually a 15 minute journey took 1 and half hours! Upon arrival (embarrassinlgy late!) i asked the client if this was just a temporary thing due to ramadan timings. He informed me that sadly this is now the norm. Miles of traffic for hours on end.
One wonders if town planning was ever considered? Media City, Internet City, Knowledge Village, The Palm, Jumeirah Beach Residence and not forgetting all the hotels! All these establishments are in close proximity at one end of town, accessed by only 2 roads, which incidentally looks like a bomb site due to roadworks. However it is comforting to see that something is being done about it; the largest spaghetti junction in the world is under construction (to help people get lost in the area), but building a few parallel lanes ain't gonna fix the problem.
We are now in the presence of the largest parallel car-park in the world, but look on the bright side folks, it's free parking (for now)!
posted by ReginaFilangee at 1:31 AM
5 Comments:
he he, empty... the word resonates!
I've heard of those places! Anyway...my friend works as an estate agent for a Dubai property place here in London. It all sounds frighteningly disorganised!
really? does she have 2 sisters who live out here?
You'll begin to think of this as a golden age when you see what happens when the Palms open. Think of it: 500,000 people on the Palm Jumeirah alone! All exiting on to Sheikh Zayed Road!
Look at all the golden light: ouch! so bright!
LOL! well that's if they are indeed all occupied!
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