Initiative to secure road users' safety launched

HH Southern Governor Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa has launched an initiative in the context of securing road users’ safety. 

HH the Southern Governor highlighted keenness to implement the directives of Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa to maintain citizens’ safety in cooperation and coordination with the concerned bodies. 

He stressed the need to provide safety for road users by following the latest standards, saying the initiative aimed at meeting citizens’ demands that have brought up at the governorate weekly Majlis, in addition to his personal field visits to various parts of the governorate. 

The Governorate’s Engineering Services gave a visual presentation focused on goals of the initiative and citizens’ comments with regard to road user behaviors and traffic safety. 

The meeting also discussed setting solutions for road users’ safety in the interest of achieving the governorate’s stability and prosperity. 

A monthly meeting with the competent bodies will be held to apply road safety standards. 

Southern Police Director-General, Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning’s Undersecretary for Urban Planning and Southern Municipality Director-General were present.