Amman mayor checks on Sahafeh tunnel construction work

AMMAN — Amman Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh on Saturday stressed the importance of increasing coordination between the Central Traffic Department and the Greater Amman Municipality personnel to reduce traffic congestion during the construction period at the Sahafeh Tunnel, which is part of the Bus Rapid Transit project.

Checking on work progress at the area, he called for speeding up the work pace to ensure the project is completed on time and to reduce the traffic jams caused by the closure of the tunnel, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The mayor called on citizens to be “patient” during the construction period, noting that the next two years will witness several traffic projects that aim at easing the traffic congestion in the capital.