Dubai issues new resolution on information road signs
DUBAI, February 13, 2021
Dubai Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has issued a new resolution regulating supplementary information signs on Dubai's roads.
As per the new resolution, supplementary information signs will be designed, installed, maintained and removed in accordance with the technical requirements, standards, and specifications outlined in the Traffic Control Devices Manual prepared by the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), reported state news agency Wam.
Only authorised entities can design, manufacture, install, repair, and remove supplementary information signs. RTA’s approved contractors should be engaged to perform such work. The contractor is responsible for applying for authorisation, it stated.
Also the new rule stipulates that supplementary information sign must contain the name and logo of the authorised entity and must not include any promotional material.
Furthermore, to obtain authorisation, the supplementary information sign should have text in Arabic. However, English text can be included along with the Arabic, said the report.
The text in the sign must meet the specifications of the RTA. The space allocated for the Arabic text must not be less than 50 per cent of the total space allocated for entire text in the supplementary information sign.
The content of the sign must not go against the principles of Islamic Sharia, public order and morality or UAE traditions. The sign should also not block the view of any religious, historical, cultural or government building or public facility, said the Wam report.
Additionally, the sign should not obstruct the view of any traffic sign, another supplementary information sign or advertising board, or otherwise obstruct the flow of traffic or pedestrians. It should also not obstruct vision on a road or cause harm to people or damage to public or private property, it added.
