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Traffic Along The South- Centre Iraq And East West Corridors Essay

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trade movements. The traffic along the South- Centre Iraq and East-West Corridors is being served by Expressway No.1 with 1250 km long, the rote 2 sections and 10 parts; Southern with 510 km & Western with 455 km. This corridor is considerate as one of the longest routes in the Middle East and one of the most important highways in Iraq.
• Most of the expressway adjacent land along the road is owned by the Government, except some farms and installations owned by private. There are 176 official and private installations and adjoining to this expressway; many of them are assembling randomly on the right of way. These installations include; Police posts, Army posts, check points, Commercial (stand-alone) privately owned rest areas. Formal rest areas with integrated services, Small and fragmented shops, some of which are informal and unlicensed and farms or state leased lands.
• Most of the installations include medium or bad partial services like restaurants and shops. Many restaurants moved from the city to the area of the express way to follow traffic. In fact, Informal and illegal service stations are now dominating service delivery and they are very close to road and cannot be moved back because of obstacles behind it parking, especially of trucks needs management and repair. Most of the parking of trucks is obstructing movement and activities. The installation along the way slows traffic unnecessarily on a high speed Expressway, distracts drivers, and in effect removes

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