Ministry of Public Works (MPW) said at the end of the second quarter of the fiscal year on Sept 30 last was 33% and the percentage of spending on ministry projects of the total project allocations in the current budget, was 791 million dinars.
The sources said the main focus is on the development projects due to their importance in the government’s work program, and this is reflected in the number of visits paid by the Council of Ministers to the projects affiliated with the ministry.
The sources told Al-Qabas, one of the vital projects is the Kuwait airport project, for which 380 million dinars have been allocated for the current fiscal, and 30% of this has already been spent. As for the Maternity Hospital project, 70 million dinars have been allocated, 50 percent of which has been disbursed.
The sources stated the Mubarak port project, the first phase of which is about to be completed, is worth 8 million dinars, 27% of which has been disbursed, while 50 million dinars have been allocated for the Umm Al-Haiman station expansion project, 22% of which have been disbursed.