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Navigating Dubai’s Salik: Updated Toll Gate Rules and Costs Explained

No one can avoid using Salik toll gate if he or she is a driver in Dubai. With regards to the second strategy,, it entails the following. The Salik system is used in guiding the traffic and it operates by charging the toll fees through the gate and debiting the respective amount from your account. It was only last month that new rules were made and that is why the following is a quick guide to tell you all that you need to know about Salik.

Where Can I Get A Salik Toll Gate Tag?

In case you wish to avoid a fine, you must have a working Salik tag in your automobile. Getting one is simple: you need to go to the Salik website, put in your particulars and make a deposit of AED 100/= where AED 50/= is electronically added to your Salik account. Others also have an application fee which is Dhs20 if you apply online.

How Many AED to Spend to Pass Through a Salik Toll Gate?

In general it is Dhs 4 per gate depending on the capacity of the gate. Exceptions include:

  • Al Maktoum Bridge: Then there is the Free when the business operates only during weekdays in the evening and on Sundays when the Floating Bridge is shut.
  • Al Mamzar North and South: Free if for second gate travel if he passes through the initial gate within the same hour.

How Many Toll Gates Does Dubai Have for Salik?

At the moment they are eight and two more gates are expected by the year 2024 November. Current locations:

  • Al Barsha
  • Al Garhoud Bridge
  • Al Maktoum Bridge
  • Al Mamzar North
  • Al Mamzar South
  • Al Safa
  • Airport Tunnel
  • Jebel Ali

New gates in November:

  • Al Safa South
  • Business Bay

What Are the Fines?

  • Insufficient funds: As a minimum, fifty Dh per violation, which should not be more than one per day.
  • No valid tag: The first violation fine will cost Dhs200, the second violation fine will cost Dhs200 and above that are subsequent violations will cost Dhs400.
  • Tampering with tag: PEN the fine of Dhs10,000.

The maximum amount fir for the violation in a year is Dhs10,000. Instruct Salik within 90 days if it is faulty to prevent accumulation of the fines on the defective tag. These tags should also be reported when the individual loses them or develops the feeling that they have been stolen from him/her.

How do I seek to challenge a Tollgate Fine?

Salik fines can be disputed within 13 months from the date of issue through the Salik website or Mobile application. Allow for details of the dispute to be presented and the response or decision on such dispute be rendered within fifteen days.

Ensure you are familiar with these rules to avoid paying fines every time you are behind the wheels in Dubai.

Ra'uf Asim Rahal

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