Metro Project outside Municipal jurisdiction, says Minister Al-Mishari

The Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Affairs, Engineer Abdul Latif Al-Mishari, has approved all decisions issued by the Municipal Council during its seventeenth meeting held on April 28.

However, he excluded the recommendations related to items (1 and 3) found on page 151 of the Council’s report, reports Al-Rai daily.

The two excluded items pertain to the proposed metro project:

• Identifying the government agency responsible for designing and implementing the metro project.
• Urging the expedited implementation of the metro to align with Kuwait’s development vision and strategic plans.

Al-Mishari clarified that the Kuwait Municipality does not hold the jurisdiction to determine the responsible authority for the metro project or to push for its immediate execution.

As such, these recommendations fall outside the scope of the Municipality’s powers and were not approved.