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floods caused by heavy rains in Kuwait forced the government to declare an official holiday on 6 and 11 th of this year because of submerged roads and damage to cars and property. The Director-General of the General Authority for Roads and Land Transport Ahmad Al-Hussan was relieved of his post immediately following the flood, To spread chaos. Heavy rains continued on 9 November, leading to a more widespread flood, followed by the resignation of Public Works Minister Hossam Roumi, who recommended the horse be removed four days ago. This is not the first time heavy rainfall has shut down schools and businesses in Kuwait and has contributed to the slow pace of road construction work in Kuwait City and surrounding municipalities this week. Kuwait has a multibillion-dollar program to develop road and infrastructure networks aimed at tackling congestion in the capital and facilitating traffic between the capital and other regions, which is being developed in response to increased demand for housing, the MEED news agency said. The Ministry of Public Works and the Public Authority for Housing Welfare have established contracts worth $ 5.2 billion for road infrastructure in 2016, the best year to date for Kuwait in terms of granting road projects. It was expected to double this value in 2017, although actual contracts awarded fell to just $ 2.3 billion last year, according to MEED data. Some contracts awarded in 2016 failed to start on time, Med said. To make matters worse, many contracts awarded last year and early 2018 were suspended pending government review of the procurement process. This means that the water drainage system may not work properly or have stopped working in large sections of these roads, exacerbating the flood, says one MEED consultant. Until now, there has been no immediate solution to the prospects, despite the dismissal of the Director-General of the General Authority for Roads and Land Transport. The functional authorities have been under review in recent months because of overlapping powers with the Ministries of Interior and Government Services and the Municipality of Kuwait. An estimated $ 7 billion of road projects are under supply or planned until this month. These projects could now face further uncertainty because of recent developments, which the Department of Public Works assumed responsibility for managing and operating all road transport operations in 2016. Improved aviation sector Unlike land transport, Kuwaits aviation infrastructure is expected to improve gradually. The number of passenger terminals allocated to Jazeera Airways and Kuwait Airways doubled in May and August respectively, doubling the number of passenger terminals at Kuwait International Airport. While the sudden increase in stations has initially led to some confusion for visitors to Kuwait, overall the passenger experience at Kuwait International Airport is expected to improve in the near future. The two new plants are designed to ease overcrowding in old stations, which have been operating more efficiently than they have for many years. Prior to completion of the terminals for Al Jazeera (Terminal 5) and Kuwait Airways (Terminal 4), the old station - now called Terminal 1 - will host all flights coming and departing at Kuwait International Airport, with the exception of flydubai and Aegan flights, Saad Al Abdullah General Aviation (now called Terminal 3). The increasing congestion in Building 1 led to the Ministry of Works planning in 2011 a modern station to accommodate air traffic growth over the next 10 to 20 years. After a series of tenders and cancellations, the $ 4.3 billion contract was awarded in Building 2 in 2016 to Turkish firm Limac Insad. The station is expected to be completed by 2022 and will have the capacity to receive 25 million passengers a year, which is larger than the combined capacity of the other four. LeMac said in February that the concrete structure of the project had been completed by 80 percent, and the new site may be the largest construction site in Kuwait so far. Work on the runway and corridors is also under way and is expected to increase with the start of Phase II, which includes passenger terminal buildings and roads to Terminal 2, and is scheduled to begin soon. Earlier this year, Kuwaiti Information Minister Mohammed al-Jabri unveiled a plan to build a new airport in northern Kuwait through a public-private partnership (PPP). The proposed airport is expected to cost $ 12 billion and will have the capacity to handle 25 million passengers a year , With integrated transport and logistics services. If built, it will create up to 15,000 jobs. However, the MEED aviation adviser says the project is of no importance to the government. The current plan, including Building 2, the construction of a new runway, the repair of the current runway and passenger support buildings, are the first phase of the airports redevelopment. There are other phases planned in this project. |
