KUWAIT CITY, March 4: The Ministry of Finance has started sending notifications via the Sahel application to users of the Doha West chalets, instructing them to vacate the properties and hand them over to the ministry by March 31, 2025. This step is based on a letter sent by the Kuwait Municipality to the Ministry of Finance in January, along with Municipal Council’s Resolution No. MB/F6/164/06/2024/D3 to approve the allocation of the area stretching from the borders of the Doha West Power Station to the borders of the Jahra Nature Reserve for the development of the Jahra Coastal Front Project (Corniche). The Ministry of Finance confirmed that it will work on vacating 116 chalets and handing them over to the Kuwait Municipality as soon as the process of terminating the contracts of chalet users is complete.

Meanwhile, sources from the Kuwait Municipality revealed the reasons behind the delay in taking serious action to remove chalets obstructing the Jahra Corniche project, which covers a total area of 5.8 million square meters. They explained that one of the main reasons for the delay was the appeal made by some chalet owners to the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs, Abdul Latif Al-Mishari, requesting a six-month extension for their leases. However, this request was rejected due to its negative impact on the project’s timeline, as it is one of Kuwait’s major development projects. The project is expected to create approximately 25,000 job opportunities and will be a big step toward achieving Kuwait’s ‘New Kuwait 2035’ vision. After the chalets are vacated by the beginning of April, the Kuwait Municipality’s Projects Department will begin preparing the project’s conditions booklet. This will be in preparation for offering the project to the private sector per the relevant laws and regulations, with plans to begin this process in the second half of 2025. In addition, coordination with the Environment Public Authority will take place at every phase of implementation.

By Inaas Awadh
Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff