DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) has approved 331 requests for installing speed-breakers in various locations across the country and work is under way on many of them, Ashghal said yesterday.
The Speed Humps Committee at Ashghal has rejected 102 requests since they didn’t comply with requirements.
The Quality and Safety Department is conducting a survey to assess the level of public satisfaction about speed-breakers to improve their standards.
Ashghal conducted an interactive session with the media and presented a comprehensive overview of the work mechanism of the committee.
In his presentation, Engineer Abdul Aziz Al Sada, Road Safety Adviser, Ashghal, explained that the committee receives applications related to construction and installation of speed-breakers from entities, including Central Municipal Council and the Traffic Department.
It also receives applications from ministries, government agencies and schools and personal requests to install speed-breakers on roads close to residential buildings.
The panel studies applications, sorts them according to importance and priority, and ensures that they are registered with reference numbers at the authority’s customer service centre. The committee then visits requested locations, prepares a technical report and an and presents a report. Then the committee makes decisions depending on criteria to approve or reject applications.
Criteria include the length and condition of the street, whether it is within an area that will see development works, traffic density and whether it is a main or internal street.
The committee has removed several speed-breakers that did not comply with conditions and specifications, said the official. Roles and responsibilities of the committee include studying all types of speed-breakers, including speed table and regular speed-breaker, studying existing speed-breakers’ conditions and their compliance with specifications and making necessary decisions — whether to remove or rebuilt these speed-breakers.
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