RTA endorses smart initiatives for roads maintenance, improved licensing of drivers and vehicles

RTA endorses smart initiatives for roads maintenance, improved licensing of drivers and vehicles

Mattar Mohammed Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Roads and Transport Authority, RTA, endorsed a package of smart initiatives for improving and sustaining RTA's services. Initiatives unveiled contribute to sustaining the use of RTA assets, such as roads and bridges, and improve drivers and vehicles licensing services, which will improve the quality of customer services and enhance the training and qualification of drivers, and will translate into improved traffic safety levels.

To this effect, Al Tayer held two separate meetings with CEOs and Directors of Traffic and Roads Agency and the Licensing Agency of RTA. The first meeting reviewed an initiative for the deployment of drones in monitoring maintenance works, which was used in inspecting the structural components of pedestrian bridges crossing over the Dubai Water Canal and elevated structures. Drones inspection cuts short the time and cost of assessing constructional elements, and enables the inspection of hard-to-reach areas of installations, such as suspension cables, and bridge bearing.

Al Tayer reviewed the smart surveillance systems installed inside bridge bearing. The system consists of sensors inserted in bridge pillars to monitor and measure loads as well as the surrounding environmental conditions. The system facilitates the monitoring of