Abu Dhabi Municipality participates in the UN ten-year traffic safety plan

The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City participated in the United Nations' 10-Year Traffic Safety Plan themed "Ten Years of Work for the Road Safety 2011-2020" which aims to reduce traffic accidents fatalities worldwide.

Engineer Abdullah Al Shamsi, Acting Executive Director of Infrastructure and Municipal Assets Sector, said that the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City's participation and support to the UN road safety plan aimed to keep pace with all global plans, traffic programs '&' regulations and preventive measures at the local level to reduce and prevent the occurrence of traffic accidents in order to ensure the public safety, protect properties and preserve the country's security as well as the human and economic resources.

Al Shamsi indicated that a delegation from the Municipality of Abu Dhabi City participated in the traffic safety experts meeting held by the International Road Federation (IRF) in Bucharest, Romania in May 2011 during which a number of the Municipality's engineers were nominated, including engineer Sami Al Masawi Bani Hashem, Head of Traffic Safety Unit; and engineer Rauf Iqbal, Traffic Safety Expert, to work with the traffic safety team of IRF experts. They have been assigned with several tasks in order to avail themselves of the pioneering expertise in hand such as the preparation of the Traffic Safety Audit Guide for Developing Countries, and a training plan for the entities responsible for roads in the developing countries.

Al Shamsi added that the Municipality had also hosted the Third Meeting of Traffic Safety Experts on the sidelines of the annual conference held by the Municipality entitled (Let's Make Abu Dhabi Roads Safer) in October 2011.

"The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has recently completed several initiatives aimed at raising the traffic safety levels, and serving the United Nations' ten-Year Traffic Safety Plan 2011-2020, which we have already reviewed with them through communication between the organization and the Municipality. These important initiatives include, inter alia, the preparation of Traffic Safety Audit Manual for road projects in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Speed Reduction Manual, and Traffic Diversions Works Manual, besides continuously updating the roads design manuals to improve the traffic safety standards in accordance with the best international practices," continued Al Shamsi.

"The Municipality's traffic safety engineers received an international certification as approved traffic safety auditors and the Municipality has made good progress in the Traffic Safety Audit Project as it has so far completed 95% of the Internal Roads Network in Abu Dhabi City, identified the high-risk areas and developed an implementation plan to introduce the required improvements in 2012." "The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City has stepped up the tempo of local regional and global forums in this regard by organizing a series of international conferences involving the participation of leading international organizations such as the International Road Federation, Vocational Institute for Highways, British Transportation and the local authorities responsible for roads. It will also step up efforts to proceed with the preparation of a plan to raise traffic safety in school zones," concluded Al Shamsi.

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