The public can now propose names for roads and streets in Dubai through a dedicated online platform.
Suggestions can be submitted via the portal roadsnaming.ae, supervised by Dubai Municipality.
The initiative is aimed at reviving heritage names and those that reflect national identity and the emirate’s social and cultural characteristics.
The Dubai Road Naming Committee has devised a method for proposing names based on specific classifications that include names linked to Arabic and Islamic design and architecture, along with those connected to art and culture.
It will also take into account names of local flora and fauna, archaeological sites, gemstones, as well as those related to environmental sustainability, inventions, modern technology and artisans and their tools.
The trial phase of the initiative saw streets in Al Khawaneej 2 area being named after local trees and flowers, such as Ghaf, Sidr, Reehan, Faghi, Samer and Shreesh.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, met on Sunday at Zabeel Palace in Dubai with Ecuador President Daniel Noboa, who is on an official visit to the UAE.
President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Sunday, met with His Excellency Dr. Patrick Herminie, President of Seychelles, who is visiting the UAE to attend the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has completed 595 public bus passenger shelters as part of a wider project to deliver 762 shelters across several key areas in Dubai.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Saturday met with a delegation of African business and philanthropic leaders visiting the UAE.
His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan has met with Mikayil Jabbarov, Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan, on the sidelines of the UAE delegation’s visit to Azerbaijan.
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