More Saher cameras to be installed in Jeddah streets

The Jeddah Traffic Department has decided to install more Saher cameras in many of the city’s main streets to intensify its crackdown on lawbreakers.
Brig. Zaid Al-Hamzi, spokesman of the department, told Arab News recently that more than 20 cameras would be installed in Andalus, Tahlia, Umm Al-Qura, Palestine, Haramain, Crown Prince and Hail streets. The department would install more cameras in other streets at a later stage.
In related news, the department stated that it was able to ease the traffic jams over the past few days in Haramain, Tahlia, Amir Majed, King Abdullah and Al-Sulaymaniyah streets.
Brig. Waslallah Al-Harbi, director of the department, told Arab News that several measures were taken, including removing some detours in Al-Haramain Street. The department also removed one between King Abdullah and Palestine bridges, and rerouted the traffic to other streets to the east of the city. It had coordinated this with a contractor. The department has also taken measures to enforce the ban on trucks entering the city in peak hours, and fined several drivers. This led to better traffic flow, Al-Harbi stated.
Al-Harbi said 250 traffic patrols had been deployed during the operations. The department had also worked with the emirate and contracting companies to help ease the congestion. Several drivers in Jeddah have called on the government to speed up the project connecting Haramain Street with Al-Tahlia Bridge by having double shifts for workers. They said this worked effectively to ensure the completion of the Briman Bridge recently.
Driver Said Al-Jaleise complained about the simultaneous closure of streets. “Unfortunately, King Abdullah Bridge was closed at the same time traffic was stopped at the airport bridge and in Haramain Street, which led to traffic congestion.
We need a solution to this problem because the streets will soon be full of buses carrying Haj pilgrims."