Highway maintenance works… between planning and confusion

I am here not to criticize or compete with anyone, but I carry a loving heart for this city and the entire homeland. My words stem from good zeal and sincere intention to push towards development, improve performance, and invest energy, effort, and time — which are national resources no less valuable than money, yet they are wasted today in repeated scenes of congestion and chaos that confuse both the individual and society.

This daily waste weakens productivity, affects professional focus, and deepens a tiring bureaucracy that slows down achievement and scatters efforts.

Indeed, the impact goes beyond that to affect the educational process itself, as university students coming from the west of the city to its east or center suffer from exhausting daily delays, making the journey to the university a battle of patience more than a journey of knowledge.
There is no doubt that the effort exerted by the municipality, the district, and the state is great and appreciated, but it needs a more comprehensive and realistic plan that goes beyond the current complexities and turns the effort exerted into sustainable value rather than wasted energy.

Maintenance… An urgent necessity or a confused management?

It is natural for major cities to require periodic maintenance work to maintain the efficiency of roads and the safety of their users, but the problem does not lie in the maintenance itself, but in the way it is managed.

When main roads are closed without effective alternatives or clear information for people, the service turns into a crisis, and the effort into a source of confusion.

Modern cities plan their maintenance with extreme precision, choosing the least congested times, providing temporary routes, and using signboards and smart technologies to guide drivers. However, when the work is carried out randomly or without coordination between parties, the road becomes a scene of chaos instead of a development passage.

Major projects… but where is the integrated vision?

The city is already witnessing massive development projects, from modern tunnels preparing for new metro lines to expansions in main road axes.

But the important question: Are these projects working under one integrated vision?

Focusing on one axis extending from the west of the city to its east, without creating multi-level linking networks and smart bridges that accommodate urban and population expansion, makes these achievements partial steps that do not achieve the overall goal.
The modern capital must be built on the basis of future traffic planning that considers movement between the four directions of the city and ensures flexible transition between its neighborhoods without difficulty. Separate projects, no matter how costly, remain limited in impact unless integrated into a comprehensive transport system that responds to today's needs and anticipates tomorrow's challenges.

Bureaucracy… An obstacle to speed

It is unfortunate that some projects remain trapped in complex procedures and multiple responsible parties.

Excessive bureaucracy not only slows down work but also exhausts both implementers and citizens.

When institutional coordination mechanisms are absent, maintenance becomes an administrative burden rather than a field service.

The citizen does not reject maintenance but wishes it to be managed efficiently and with respect for their time, and to feel that there is an organized mindset leading the implementation rather than chaotic improvisation.

The economic and social cost of congestion

Traffic jams resulting from poor maintenance management are not just an annoying daily scene but a real economic bleeding.

Every hour lost in congestion is lost productivity, and every liter of fuel wasted while waiting is public money wasted.

Studies indicate that cities suffering from chronic congestion lose between 3 to 5 percent of their GDP annually due to weak traffic efficiency.

Organizing maintenance is not an engineering luxury but a direct investment in the national economy and in the quality of human life.

From reaction to proactive vision

What cities need today is to move from the logic of “reaction” to the approach of proactive vision.

Maintenance must be part of a smart strategic plan based on data, analysis, and forecasting, not a temporary response to malfunctions or deterioration.

It should be managed according to precise schedules and coordinated with public transport projects to reduce conflicts, using technology to track work and inform citizens moment by moment.

Only then does maintenance transform from a hardship into an organized national project that enhances trust between the citizen and the executive bodies.

The citizen is a partner, not a spectator

Along with the importance of planning and management, it must be acknowledged that the success of maintenance work also depends on the awareness and cooperation of the citizen.

Development is a shared responsibility, and public awareness is a fundamental element in the success of any project.

The citizen’s understanding of the importance of these works in developing and sustaining the city, and dealing with them with patience and understanding, contributes to accelerating achievement and reducing chaos.

Great cities are not built by concrete alone but are built on a culture of respecting the public interest and cooperating with state institutions to achieve one goal: an advanced city worthy of our pride.

Zeal for the city is not criticism but responsible love and sincere pursuit of reform.

Yes, what we need today is more and more vital projects that make our city one of the most beautiful cities and capitals, but this ambition can only be achieved through deeper coordination and a broader vision that ensures the sustainability of effort and the integration of work.
Great cities are not measured by the number of their bridges or tunnels but by their ability to manage their movement intelligently and maintain their infrastructure with the spirit of planning, not reaction.

The effort, money, and dedication exerted today deserve to yield an integrated traffic system that respects human time and dignity and befits a capital that represents the civilized face of the state before the world.
The path to development does not lie in increasing projects only but in raising the quality of the thought that designs and implements them.

When planning is a science and management a vision, maintenance transforms from chaos into construction, and from a necessity into a symbol of a civilization confidently advancing towards the future.