Jordan | Wadi Araba Road reopened after being closed as a precaution

Weather of Arabia - The Ministry of Public Works and Housing reopened Wadi Araba Road to traffic based on the assessment of its cadres working in the field and in coordination with partners in the Public Security Directorate, after it was closed temporarily and as a precaution to low horizontal visibility due to dust earlier, in order to preserve On traffic safety on the road

Today, Tuesday, the ministry said, in a press statement, that traffic on all roads within its jurisdiction is passable

And it indicated that its cadres removed the sandy gatherings on the Wadi Araba road and other roads in the south immediately, using the necessary machinery and equipment.

And she indicated that sections of the roads that witness a decrease in the extent of horizontal visibility will be closed due to dust, coinciding with the impact of the Kingdom on the Khamasini depression.

The ministry renewed its warning to citizens traveling on external roads of low horizontal visibility from time to time due to dust formation resulting from the active winds accompanying the Khamsini depression affecting the Kingdom, especially the desert road and roads in the east of the Kingdom, in addition to the Dead Sea Road towards Aqaba (Wadi Araba Road).

And it called on citizens to take the utmost caution and caution, and be careful while driving on external roads and to follow the rules of safe driving, to be aware of the danger of low horizontal visibility due to dust, and to abide by the directives of its cadres working in the field and the cadres of partners in the Public Security Directorate, according to information received from the Meteorological Department. air

It also called on citizens not to hesitate to report any observation, coinciding with the intensification of the state of air instability, through direct communication with the main operations room in the ministry and the operations rooms in the governorates, or through the application of the works notification system on smart phones represented by the operations room liaison officer (WhatsApp ) 0780377223, the Ministry’s emergency main operating rooms 065850111, Karak Directorate Works Operations Room 0780377231, Jerash Works 0780377187, Madaba Works 0780377366, Ma’an Works 0780377338, Al Mafraq Works 0780377389, Balqa Works 0780377413, Tafila Works 0780377437, Works 0780377435, Works 0780377435 Aqaba 0780377351, Irbid Works 0780377273, Ramtha Works 0780377394, Capital Works 0780377291, Petra Works 0780377012