Dubai: The committee to rename the streets of Dubai has been restructured and the streets in Dubai will continue to be renamed as planned, the Roads and Transport Authority has clarified.
Under the project, more than half of Dubai’s main roads and internal streets have been renamed and the project will run its course with more than 22,000 roads in the city set to be renamed eventually.
The project will ensure each street in Dubai will have a unique name, replacing the numbers that were being used in the earlier system.
According to RTA, the new naming convention will help motorists and road users identify locations easily compared with the earlier system which uses street numbers, which were repeated in each community.
The streets are being renamed taking into account the history and culture of the area to reflect Dubai’s heritage.
For example, streets in Jumeirah will have names bearing marine features such as boats and fish as the area is by the sea.
Likewise, inland areas as Mushrif and Al Aweer will bear the names of local trees and other things – even people – traditionally associated with the district.
