Dubai boasts various streets, and now you can name them! The Dubai Road Naming Committee, the entity responsible for designating names for roads and streets in Dubai, has launched the Street Designation Proposal platform under the supervision of Dubai Municipality. This platform allows public participation in proposing names for roads and streets throughout Dubai.
This aligns with the Committee's goals of preserving heritage, promoting progress, staying current with Dubai's development, and highlighting significant achievements.
Dawoud Al Hajri, Director-General of Dubai Municipality and Chairman of the Dubai Road Naming Committee, stated that the platform aims to encourage community participation in proposing names for roads and streets across different areas of the Emirate.
Dawoud 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 the interrelationship between the past, present and future of Dubai. It aims to revive valuable historical meanings, heritage, and urban monuments, in line with Dubai’s leading global position and reputation, further consolidating diverse areas of the Emirate in the minds of present and future generations."
Here's How The Process Will Work
- The Committee has established a method for proposing names based on specific classifications tailored to inspire names for each area. These classifications include names associated with Arabic and Islamic design, architecture, art, culture, and Arabic poetic prosody.
- Natural phenomena, local plants, trees, flowers, marine and wild plants, as well as wild and marine birds, are also considered for naming.
- Categories related to environmental sustainability, ships, marine tools, fishing, winds, and rain are included in the naming criteria.
- Other classifications contain names of squares, forts, ancient castles, archaeological sites, local and ancient jewellery, and horse and Arabian camel names.
- Names of various types of palms, date palms, farming and agriculture professions, industrial and artisanal professions and tools, gemstones, inventions, and modern technology are also part of the naming options.
You can participate by proposing names here.