Drivers on Al Maktoum Bridge will go toll-free every night

Drivers on Al Maktoum Bridge will go toll-free every night

“There will be no toll charges for passing through Al Maktoum Bridge from 10pm to 6am from Saturday to Thursday and from 10pm to 9am on Fridays,” said a senior official in the Traffic Department of the Roads and Transport Authority.

Two new Salik toll gates have already been installed, one on Al Maktoum Bridge and another between the First and the Second Interchanges on Shaikh Zayed Road. They will be operational from next Tuesday.

Motorists will be charged only once if they pass through two Salik gates, including the new one near the Second Interchange and the existing one at Al Barsha on Shaikh Zayed Road, travelling on one side in one journey.

The cost broken down

Type of service/ fees:

–All types of vehicles – Dh4

–Tag and subscription fee – Dh50

–Tag replacement fee – Dh50

–Tag cancellation fee – Dh10

–Transfer of tag – Dh50

–Maximum charge: Dh24 per day

List of fines

–Failure to display tag – Dh100

–Repeat of same offence – Dh200

–Third time same offence – Dh400

–Insufficient credit – Dh50

–Manipulation or cheating in tags – Dh10,000

–Delay in paying fines – Dh10

–Use of tariff gates by unauthorised vehicles – Dh100

–An additional fine for non-payment – Dh10 per month