The committee for learning proposals and requests for naming cities, suburbs, districts, streets, and public squares has given nod for the implementation of a Cupboard resolution which was issued on Might 20, 2025, to make use of the numbering system as a substitute of utilizing private names for roads and public locations.
Throughout a gathering on June 23, chaired by Appearing Director-Common of the Municipality Eng. Manal Al-Asfour, the committee endorsed changing the names of 591 streets with numerical identifiers. Moreover, three streets shall be renamed after Arab capitals or cities, studies Al-Qabas day by day.
This transfer follows a letter from the Council of Ministers instructing the municipality to exchange private names on streets, roads, and public squares in accordance with a choice made on June 3, 2024. That call tasked the Minister of Public Works and the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs with making ready a draft decree to implement the adjustments inside two weeks.
In line with the Cupboard’s directives, naming public roads after rulers, monarchs, heads of state, and international locations needs to be restricted and based mostly on reciprocity. Naming after historic figures, members of Kuwait’s ruling household, or leaders of pleasant nations is permissible, however with stricter oversight.
The overall rule shifting ahead shall be to assign numbers to streets, squares, and roads. Exceptions embody sustaining present names that don’t reference people, and selective naming based mostly on diplomatic or historic significance.
The Cupboard accredited the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs proposal of naming pointers and instructed him to take the mandatory steps to current them to the Municipal Council for formal amendments to the present naming framework.