Batchelor Life in Dubai..........

Batchelor Life in Dubai..........

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Fats25

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6,260 posts

229 months

Saturday 23rd August 2014
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I decided to go for a walk around the Marina today (never, ever again!!), and I can see now why people were talking about the traffic. My side (The Address) is fine, there is no traffic. When you get the other side JBR and the Beach Walk it is awful!

It is just a building site, and I feel for anyone that has a place in JBR as it looks like a bomb has hit it!

6th Gear

3,563 posts

194 months

Saturday 23rd August 2014
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Welcome to Dubai.

Psychobert

6,316 posts

256 months

Saturday 23rd August 2014
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Fats25 said:
I decided to go for a walk around the Marina today (never, ever again!!), and I can see now why people were talking about the traffic. My side (The Address) is fine, there is no traffic. When you get the other side JBR and the Beach Walk it is awful!

It is just a building site, and I feel for anyone that has a place in JBR as it looks like a bomb has hit it!
In fairness, JBR is particularly bad at the moment due to the tram works. I believe we have another 3 weeks of the road being limited to one lane in either direction which is causing the traffic to back up as far as the Grosvenor, (at least) when at a peak time. Add to that the constant tweaks at the Tamani/Westin junction and getting home in the evening, (Torch Tower) is a bit of a pain in the proverbial. Its been slowly getting worse and then a bit better for as long as I can remember and hopefully will be solved more or less for good soon. It will never be great, but it is slowly I think getting there. That said, I'd need a very good reason to move closer to JBR than I am now, but this area works for me for now. I work in Abu Dhabi most of the time so really need to be at this end of the city..

e21jason

717 posts

219 months

Saturday 23rd August 2014
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They have put beach road behind jbr down to 1lane in several sections In the past few days thats why it is bad, if you live on the SZR side of the marina it is not that bad. I never have any traffic on the way out and it only takes 5min to get to work