AMMN: The Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) official said on Tuesday The Greater Amman Municipality is working on the construction of seven pedestrian bridges in the capital in 2015 at a cost of JD300,000, aiming at ensuring public safety.
“We are constructing cement and metal bridges. We already built two cement bridges, which brings to 98 the total number of bridges in the capital so far,” he told The Jordan Times over the phone. Manasrah noted that municipality teams work on the overpasses from 3am until noon on Fridays when there is less traffic on the roads.
“A committee for pedestrian overpasses holds meetings to discuss which locations in Amman need such bridges depending on the ratio of car accidents and whether they have been fatal, in addition to the percentage of pedestrians in that area,” he explained. Also, GAM builds fences beneath the bridges so that pedestrians cannot cross the street by jaywalking, Manasrah noted. Stressing that the depressions witnessed in the Kingdom in winter did not have a negative impact on the structure of overpasses in the capital, he added that only 10 bridges were affected by truck accidents in 2014 and 2015. GAM also plans to build new pavements, according to the municipal official.
