KUWAIT CITY, July 9, (KUNA): A total of 287 contracts and agreements were hammered out in the first half of 2012, said a senior Ministry of Public Works official.
They mainly include contracts for the construction and maintainence of the headquarters of each of the Public Authority for Minor Affairs, Al-Messila Su-burb and Jamal Abd-elnasser Street, the ministry’s chief spokesman Humeid Boushahri told KUNA.
They also involve deals for building and maintaining highways and sewage networks in several Kuwaiti areas, he said.
Jaber Al-Ahmad Hos-pital, Kuwait Interna-tional Airport expansion and Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port are among the major projects in the country, Boushahri added.
Between January and June 2012, several development projects were completed; mainly including the buildings of the Manpower and Government Restruc-turing Program, the State Executive Apparatus and Kheitan Police Station, the official said.
By executing such vital projects, the Ministry of Public Works seeks to prove that it is a key and effective element in urban development in the country, he explained.
The projects in question are primarily intended to serve governmental sectors and institutions such as security, health, educational, social, religious and sports facilities, Boushahri pointed out.
Meanwhile, the ministry, he maintained, is interested in holding news conferences occasionally with a view to covering all achievements and accomplishments made by its major sectors.
The ministry is further keen on promoting its key development projects and holding exhibitions at malls and centers nationwide, the official noted.
The head of the Kuwaiti Municipality’s department of structural planning, Saad Al-Muhailb, announced on Monday the signing of the contract for the traffic management project of Hawalli between the municipality and Parsons Brinckerhoff, the international engineering and management firm, in partnership with Kuwait Technical Consulting Bur-eau — House Kuwait Tec-hnical Consulting.
Al-Muhailbi told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the 15-month project was the result of the economic boom and the approach of owners and investors to develop their property, and create various large recreational, commercial and service projects, which led to the increased pressure on the road network.
“The project aims to study land-use, its changes and impacts on the road networks in the area, and develop solutions to raise the efficiency of primary, secondary and local networks along with the latter’s intersections,” he added.
Al-Muhailbi noted that the project also aims to develop an integrated system to manage the roads using latest modern technologies.