UAE: Abu Dhabi announces new school zone safety measures ahead of academic year
Abu Dhabi City Municipality has taken a number of initiatives to augment traffic safety measures in the vicinities of schools throughout Abu Dhabi and its adjoining areas. For enhanced student safety, the municipality has rolled out a comprehensive suite of projects to revamp and strengthen the traffic safety elements within Abu Dhabi City's school regions.
«This move is reflective of the Municipality's commitment to ensuring a secure environment for students, their guardians, educators, and drivers traversing these pivotal zones,» Abu Dhabi Department of Municipality and Transport said in a statement. The student safety project includes maintaining traffic signs, enhancing pedestrian crossings, implementing speed-calming measures, clearing obstructions near schools, and refining traffic safety infrastructural elements.
Abu Dhabi City Municipality has asked drivers to exercise caution in school zones, comply with stipulated speed limits, and heed on-ground markers and directional signs. «This is crucial for upholding student safety and mitigating potential mishaps.» the department said.
It has also surged parents to «instill in their children the practice of using designated crossing zones when commuting to and from schools and mitigating potential mishaps.» To celebrate the start of the new academic year, municipality has implemented a project to decorate some of the main roads and areas with light formations bearing expressions welcoming the academic year. Giving further updates on the traffic safety enhancement projects near schools, Abu Dhabi City Municipality said in Madinat Zayed, many «endeavors were made, encompassing tile maintenance, revamping and upkeep of dedicated parking for the differently-abled, marking
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