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Santhosh Chandran
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The Ashghal initiative to upgrade roads in Qatar to the highest international standards will enhance safety for road users and offer improved traffic flow, particularly with the introduction of the new directional signs.
According to new strategic plans, the names of areas, roads, streets, symbols and some colours are used on directional signs on main roads and expressways to categorise and identify these roads, making it easy to describe how to reach a destination using only the code of the road and the number of exit.
One of the most important symbols used on the directional signs is the symbol ‘Q’, which is used for the identification and numbering of the expressways that cross the main areas in the country from North to South and from East to West or through them. For example, expressway symbol ‘Q2’ and ‘Q4’ symbolise Al Majd Road.
The symbol ‘D’ is also an important symbol used to identify the main roads, which cross main areas and intersect with the expressways ‘Q’ such as the main roads symbol ‘D6’, which symbolises Sabah Al Ahmad Corridor.
Other symbols are used to identify important destinations and places of interest such as ball, which represents football stadiums, and the plane, which symbolises Hamad International Airport.
Also in some cases, some destinations are written on the surface of the asphalt road where it is difficult to add road signs. Some directional signs are equipped with intelligent transport systems (ITS) to illustrate some information of interest to the driver such as lane closed, busy road – used alternative road, etc.
According to Ashghal, the project will serve all segments of society, citizens and residents, and will contribute to the promotion of tourism by introducing tourists to the most important tourist destinations in many regions of the country.
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12/03/2019
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