Completion of infrastructure project in S. Khaitan hits 20%

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KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21: According to informed sources from the Public Authority for Roads and Transportation (PART), the completion of infrastructure works in South Khaitan in terms of construction and maintenance of roads, rain sewers, and other services in Khaitan Blocks 1 and 2 currently being implemented by PART has reached 20 percent according to the project schedule, reports Aljarida daily.

They revealed about the close follow-up by the Minister of Public Works and Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Rana Al-Faris of the project works, in the interest of overcoming all challenges facing the project and ensuring the work continues without stopping.

The sources explained that the infrastructure project in Khaitan is being implemented at a total cost of KD 9,864,450, and is being supervised by PART’s technical staff based on the implementation of the contract works, which takes 18 months.

The contract comes within the framework of the state’s interest in developing and modernizing the infrastructure of the two blocks, and in implementation of the Cabinet Resolution No. 109 issued on Jan 16, 2017, which mandates the Ministry of Public Works and Kuwait Municipality to take the necessary measures to modernize the infrastructure of the two aforementioned blocks.

The project aims to develop the road network in the region. It also includes the development of a set of infrastructure services such as the construction of about 30 kilometers of roads distributed between main and subsidiary roads, in addition to rainwater drainage works (manholes, drainage rooms and drainage pipes), sanitation works, and infrastructure networks (fresh water, irrigation ferries, high and medium pressure ferries, electrical cables, traffic signs and fl oor markers).

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