They did it again! Since I moved in my current apartment the roads to my place have changed at least a dozen times. Some were cancelled, others were temporarily closed, others were blocked to allow construction, new were created, some were enlarged, some were connected, others disconnected. Every time without notice, often without a justification, in some cases without a logic.
Now they have closed off a roundabout. Drivers are forced into a right turn. If you need to go straight or left that's tough luck. You can't. Nor you can make a turn into the neighborhood anymore. There is only one way of access and it can be taken only from one direction. Which means that you have to go down a couple of kilometrs and pass two traffic lights before you can make a U-turn.
It is true that Dubai is a work in progress, but it is hard to dispel the notion that bad planning predominates. And that this habit is not limited to roads. Because when a work is in progress, it is of paramount importance to understand where the plan is leading. Otherwise one is bound to get lost on a raod to nowhere.