Driving a familiar route is not a reason to rely on a familiar number. Five Dubai street sections have new maximum speeds from 1 November 2026: three have higher limits and two have lower ones. The useful detail is the stretch of road, not just its name.
The Roads and Transport Authority’s announcement, issued with Dubai Police on 21 October, specifies the following changes in both directions.
The Five Sections to Check
| Street | Between | Previous Limit | New Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Asayel | Oud Maitha Street and Al Meydan Street | 60 km/h | 80 km/h |
| Al Mustaqbal | Sheikh Rashid Street and Al Meydan Street | 60 km/h | 70 km/h |
| Latifa bint Hamdan | Sheikh Zayed Road and Al Khail Road | 60 km/h | 70 km/h |
| Al Rebat | Marrakech Street and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road | 100 km/h | 90 km/h |
| Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah | 2nd December Street and Khalid bin Al Waleed Street | 80 km/h | 70 km/h |
The reductions deserve particular attention if your journey includes Al Rebat or Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah Street. Do not apply a new number to the whole length of a named street: these are the boundaries in the announcement.
Check Before You Set Off
Look at your intended route while parked and note any of the five sections it uses. Once driving, read the current signs rather than trying to consult this guide on your phone. A navigation display or a remembered setting is not a substitute for the limit shown on the road.
If you share a car, mention the change to the other driver rather than assuming they have seen the announcement. If you use cruise control or a speed limiter, review the setting when the posted limit changes; a setting left over from yesterday’s journey should not become today’s default.
A Limit, Not a Target
A higher maximum does not oblige you to drive faster. Leave room to respond to traffic, visibility and the people around you. The announcement says signs would be replaced and cameras reprogrammed for implementation; it does not give drivers a numerical enforcement allowance. This guide therefore adds no assumed radar buffer to the posted limits.
Use the table to recognise a changed section, then follow the current road signs and any directions from the authorities. That is more useful than memorising a number without its location.
Checked against RTA’s public announcement on 2 November 2026. Photographs are illustrative stock, not documentation of the changed signs. Lead: David Rodrigo; body: Clarissa Carbungco and Dovlet Hojayev, via Unsplash.
