Al-Salmi Highway can be called the ‘the highway to death’ because of the numberless potholes that are the cause of serious accidents and the most recent happened on Friday when an elderly Saudi man, head of the family, became the latest victim whose family of six was seriously injured and had to be rushed to a hospital with multiple injuries.
The Al-Qabas daily visited the road a few days ago and revealed deteriorating condition, as potholes can be seen every few meters for several kilometers in addition to the gravel which comes flying from all directions which makes the task of driving extremely difficult.
Activists on Twitter called this the ‘Road of Death’, criticizing the significant deterioration of the road and the lack of action by the Ministry of Works and the Public Authority Roads and Land Transport, despite the recurrence of accidents during the recent period.
Citizens called on the concerned authorities to move to maintain the damaged parts of the road, due to its importance for travelers by land, as well as the dependence of Kuwaiti guests arriving by land via the same road.
