The Minister of Infrastructure Development, Dr. Eng. Abdullah Belheif Al Nuaimi, announced the start of the implementation of a bridge project and a paved road linking the Rumaitha Al Ansariyah school to the public road off the Marbadh area, about 35 km to the west of Fujairah city. The project is implemented at a cost of 10 million dirhams Follow-up of the initiatives of the Head of State.
The heavy rains in the Emirate of Fujairah last October led to the disruption of the school after the flow of the valley of the area of Marbadh, which contributed to the detention of 651 students in the classrooms as a precautionary measure of the school administration for the impossibility of movement of students.
Al-Nuaimi explained that the project includes the construction of a bridge and the paving of the road between the school located behind the valley and linking it to an asphalt road at Sheikh Maktoum Street, Fujairah-Al-Dhaid. He pointed out that an engineering team from the ministry has started the project. Close.
The teachers of Rumaitha Al-Ansariyah Elementary School in Maribat expressed their joy at the decision to solve the problems of the road they suffered and the school buses. They had difficulty entering the school in the winter and rainy seasons and confirmed that the safety of the students was the desired goal.
Asmaa Mohammed said: "It is no surprise to our leaders such initiatives, we are lucky people leaders and decision makers," pointing out that teachers and students will be able to study normally without disruption in the winter and without hindrance to delay the curriculum and the school day.
Said Al Abdouli, a resident of the Marbadh area, said that the bridge will constitute a qualitative leap for the people of the area who are suffering from continuous rainwater pools in the winter, which may disrupt their day-to-day work and may keep them away from their homes, so that they can later cross the dangerous road .
"Thank God, we will not have to live the hours of anxiety and fear for our children anymore. They were being held in schools with a muddy valley crossing for more than four hours," said one student's father. "School buses and vehicles will pass smoothly without causing severe congestion. In rainy seasons.
"All our demands have been achieved with the completion of the bridge, which will protect the residents of the area from the accumulation of rainwater on the internal roads that were a concern for us," said Muza Rashed, a resident of Marbath.