331 new speed-breakers soon to be installed
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.
The Process of installing speed-breakers:
Ashghal conducted an interactive session with the media and presented a comprehensive overview of the work mechanism of the committee.
In his presentation, a Road Safety Adviser at Ashghal, explained that the committee receives applications related to construction and installation of speed-breakers from ministries, government agencies, 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 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 Authority recently conducted a survey inorder to know the opinions of the citizens of Qatar on speed humps.
#Ashghal believes in the importance of ur opinion please fill the speed humps questionnaire https://t.co/g4FRilqLUl pic.twitter.com/WuEOQQ78lF
— هيئة الأشغال العامة (@AshghalQatar) October 26, 2015Roles 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. [The Peninsula]
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guys in meantime, do click on the link above and give your voice in the Ashgal survey.
TB: I'll write to Birmingham City Council on your behalf and get it looked into
Where I live they are completely unnecessary. The pot holes and collapsed roads around manhole covers make it impossible to get any speed up anyway.
Reporting isn't a sweet approach ................. ..........
What the reporters want to report ? ........... Just smile & click on the Like ......... That's the way show your appreciations .....................
Agree with Ishu ............... cent / cent .........................
could be a good move, if and only if if the humps are colored properly and with reflectors.
most of them are without signage or any reflective colors added to it.
Brit, Yea, That's correct .
Humps work like an eyes opener for those sleepy fellows as well ........
Good to hear, but what is the action against the speed humps installed with proper sign boards? On daily basis, speed humps are growing in Al Wukair area (particularly in EZdan village area).
MM: You are partially right. When I go over a speedbump , I always think that I might have to head to the garage to replace the exhause system :O(
Ata, Make use of circumstances to your advantage ........... Brit & WT are carefree guys ...........
Lol @ mm...will think of you everytime i see a speed hump now...i dont want to think of you so often :-)
Every thing has merits & demerits ........ Humps give us a chance to slow down & think about from where we came and to where we are heading .................... a welcome move ............
It should be 3310 or even more.
Oh no! Any chance I can challenge this. I just turned my Pink KIA into a low rider sled and this will severely impact my driving areas :O(