Sharjah Economic Development Department (SEDD) has announced its help to commercial outlets affected by the closure of King Abdul Aziz Road and Al Wahda Road in the emirate.
The two roads will remain partially closed for traffic to facilitate the construction of an underpass and a bridge on Al Wahda Road, as part of the fifth phase of the Al Wahda Road Improvement Project, being supervised by the Department of Public Works at Sharjah.
The Al Wahda Road Project includes the improvement of all intersections and its bridges to allow the ease of traffic movement towards King Abdul Aziz Roundabout in Abu Shagara and the intersection of Sheikh Juma'a in Al Yarmook and Tabiq Al Tayer, which ends with a tunnel in Cultural Square.
"Based on a recent decision issued by Sharjah Executive Council, the Sharjah Economic Development Department will exempt the commercial outlets affected by the project from trading licence renewal fees," said General Manager Ali bin Salem Al Mahmoud.
"The SEDD is keen to co-ordinate with all the government departments in order to offer all types of support for the outlets affected by the project.
"We have conducted joint survey with the Department of Public Works and identified 185 commercial outlets to be compensated. We will arrange for other inspection officials, who will submit assessment reports along with photographs of other outlets in the affected areas.
"We will follow up the commercial outlets in these areas in co-ordination with the Public Works Department, Sharjah Police and other departments to reduce the negative impact of the road project".