Dubai streets to have new names by next year
05:37AM Fri 8 Aug, 2014
Dubai: The emirate’s street renaming project will be complete by next year as all the main streets have already been renamed, while 50 per cent of the internal streets have also been renamed, Gulf News can reveal.
Renaming of streets is part of the new address system which will see Dubai divided into 13 sectors, with each sector subdivided into communities and streets.
Under the new system, each building on a street will also have a unique digitised number that will make locating a place easier.
The project is being jointly carried out by Dubai Municipality and the Roads and Transport Authority.
Traditionally, most streets, main roads and highways in Dubai are identified by numbers, which is now gradually changing. Authorities have already renamed some of the prominent streets across various neighbourhoods. For example, Road 312 is now First Al Khail Street, 11a Street is now Al Manara Street, and 319 Street is now Latifa Bint Hamdan Street.
A total of 22,000 major and minor streets will be renamed as part of the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of next year.
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