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Abu Dhabi announces free parking and road tolls for January 1

Abu Dhabi announces free parking, toll-free roads and public transport timings for New Year’s Day

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Abu Dhabi announces free-parking and toll-free roads for the duration of the holiday

Abu Dhabi will offer free parking and toll-free roads to celebrate New Year holiday.

The Integrated Transport Centre (Abu Dhabi Mobility) of the Department of Municipalities and Transport announced the timings and operations of its Customer Happiness Centres, surface parking, Darb toll gates, public buses, Driver and Vehicle Licencing services during the New Year Holiday, which will be on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.

MAWAQiF surface parking fees will be free of charge on Wednesday and will resume at 8am on Thursday.

Free parking in Abu Dhabi

Additionally, parking fees at the Musaffah M-18 truck parking lot will be free during the official holiday.

Abu Dhabi Mobility called on drivers to avoid parking in prohibited areas and to avoid behaviours that would hinder traffic flow. It also urged drivers to park properly in the designated parking areas and to refrain from parking in residential parking spaces from 9pm till 8am.

Abu Dhabi Mobility has also announced that the Darb toll gate system will be free of charge on Wednesday. Toll gate fees will be reactivated on Thursday during peak hours (from 7am to 9am and from 5pm to 7pm).

Abu Dhabi Mobility’s Customer Happiness Centres will be closed during the holiday on Wednesday, and work will resume on Thursday, January 2, 2025.

However, customers may continue to apply for the services online using the Abu Dhabi Mobility website, Darbi, Darb websites and apps, and through the “TAMM” platform for digital government services in Abu Dhabi.

Customers can also contact the unified Service Support Centre of the Department of Municipalities and Transport at 800850 or Taxi Call Centre: 600535353 to request services 24/7.

As for public bus services and schedules, Abu Dhabi Mobility stated that the bus services will operate according to the schedule followed during weekends and official holidays while conducting additional regional and intercity trips.

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