Jeddah’s mayoralty has been urged to build a tunnel at the intersection between Madinah Road and Tahlia Street, where major bottlenecks occur during peak hours.

Brig. Gen. Wasl Allah Al-Harbi, director of the Jeddah Traffic Department, said “We have stationed a 24-hour patrol at this location to regulate the flow of traffic, sometimes manually, by traffic wardens. We have recently sent a recommendation to the Roads and Projects Department at Jeddah’s Mayoralty that they build a tunnel under the intersection in place of the traffic light. We are still awaiting ftheir response,” he said.

Sami Nawar, spokesman for Jeddah’s Mayoralty, said: “We have received strong recommendation from the traffic department proposing that a tunnel be built at this intersection.

We are currently studying the recommendation and we are seriously considering the removal of the traffic light and the construction of a tunnel in its place to ease the flow of traffic. We will make the announcement once we conclude our study.”