With every rainy season, the phenomenon of ‘flying gravel’ comes to the surface because most of Kuwait’s roads spell danger in the face of government inaction to renew road maintenance contracts or in the face of poor maintenance, which leads to damage to cars.
The Ministry of Public Works threw the ball into the court of the long documentary cycle, revealing a resounding surprise, as informed sources in the ministry told Al-Jarida daily, that there are currently no maintenance contracts for the streets, and that the contracts that were finally approved by the Ministry of Finance need about a year to see the light of day due to the documentary cycle indicating that the ministry is coordinating with the municipality and some agencies to remove flying gravel in some streets.
The sources said that flying gravel occurs in some streets that have not been subject to maintenance for years — a phenomenon appeared in 2014 and has recently exacerbated in some areas including highways and to add insult to injury potholes after the recent rains in the country has added to the woes of motorists.
The daily quoting sources said the Public Works Authority has made an inventory of the dilapidated streets and roads, in addition to the roads under maintenance and new roads, but there is no benefit from that inventory as long as there are no maintenance contracts to repair those streets.
