KUWAIT CITY, Nov 6: The Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) has given permission to the Public Authority for Roads and Transportation (PART) to complete bids for a detailed study, design the project agreement, and prepare documents for the tender of phase one of the railway project after the authority opened nine bids submitted for the tender.

According to PART sources, completing the agreement’s bids will happen by completing the shortcomings in the documents submitted by the companies competing for the agreement. It is noteworthy that the first phase includes connectivity with the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The route of this phase extends from the southern border with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Nuwaiseeb) all the way to the passenger station in Kuwait City, behind Kuwait International Airport on the Seventh Ring Road, extending north through the Silk City to Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port. This phase covers 111 kilometers of the Gulf Cooperation Council route, and 154 kilometers until Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port.

This route will contribute to the process of transporting passengers, freight operations, and transporting goods to and from Boubyan in the future. The total length of this phase is 265 kilometers. Meanwhile, the Amiri Decree has been issued under No. 207/2023 amending Decree No. 57/2022, to allow the purchase of electricity and water from others, reports Al- Rai daily.

The decree stipulates in its first article that Clause No. 11 of Article Two of Decree No. 57/2022 referred to, be replaced with the following clause: Purchasing energy and water from others, in light of the controls and procedures determined by the ministry, in accordance with the legislation in force inside Kuwait. It is noteworthy that Decree 57/2022 had restricted the purchase of renewable energy from inside Kuwait only, while the latest amendment allows the purchase of energy and water from others in general. By Mohammed Ghanem Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff and Agencies