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Dubai Road Naming Committee promotes community
participation by launching ‘Roads Naming
Suggestions platform'

- The platform enables the public to suggest names for roads that reflect national identity and heritage, further
narrating stories of the past
- It will further reinforce the revival of heritage meanings and designations, highlighting Dubai's national
identity and reflecting its history, legacy, and values
Al-Hajri:

• “The platform showcases our efforts in reviving national meanings and nomenclature of Dubai,
further serving as a testament to its history, values, cultural, civilizational, and social wealth and
consistent with its future growth.”
• “The platform serves as a digital system that enables the public to participate in proposing names
for roads and streets across Dubai that reflect our national identity and tell stories of our past.”
Dubai, UAE, July 04, 2024,

Dubai Road Naming Committee, the entity that designates names for roads and streets in Dubai, launched the
platform Street Designation Proposal under the supervision of Dubai Municipality. The platform aims to enable
public participation in proposing names for roads and streets across Dubai. This is in line with the Committee’s
objectives of preserving the legacy of the past, promoting civilization, staying updated with the Emirate’s future
development, and highlighting its achievements of high value.
H.E. Dawoud Al Hajri, Director General of Dubai Municipality, Chairman of the Dubai Road Naming
Committee, stated that the platform is part of the efforts and plans of the Integrated Committee to promote
community participation in submitting proposals for naming roads and streets across various areas of the Emirate.
This is in accordance with approved classifications that aim to revive heritage names, highlight national identity
and social and cultural characteristics that reflect the emirate’s history, heritage, values, social and cultural wealth,
and consistency with future development and orientation.

Al Hajri said: “The new platform serves as a digital system, allowing the public to suggest names for streets and
roads across Dubai, keeping in mind a comprehensive method and specific criteria that reflects our identity and
interrelationship between past, present and future of Dubai. It aims to revive valuable historical meanings, heritage,

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