Nine new projects are lined up in the latest updates of the New Kuwait 2035 development plan, according to an Arab daily. The projects will be implemented within the framework of the plan, in addition to other projects provided that they are completed within the next five to ten years. In addition, some of the food security projects will end after six years as indicated in the updates, including five economic projects and two housing projects that will end in 2029, and a project for digital transformation in the Ministry of Commerce in 2024.
Moreover, the updated plan indicated that the competent government agencies had begun a preliminary study and design of the deep tunnel system in the country, estimated to be completed in 2032. The authorities will complete three projects in 2029, comprising housing projects in South Saad Al-Abdullah and South Sabah Al-Ahmad, totaling 55,000 housing units. The update also included a project for a research and development center for water desalination technology using renewable energies.
Furthermore, three projects have been added to the sustainable diversified economy pillar, which will be completed in 2028, namely the development of Al-Balajat Street, plus two projects to develop and operate the treated water system in the northern and southern regions. Meanwhile, the completion of the construction and operation of a complex for the economic production of fish and shrimp is in 2029. This is part of the plan to support food security, the development of the salmon and sebas fingerling production unit in 2027, and the development of the national laboratories network.
The plan also included the digital transformation project of the Ministry of Commerce which is set to complete in 2024. Four development projects have also made progress, especially the e-government to support the justice sector project, in which the deadline for implementation is 2025.
As for the development rates of undergoing projects, the percentage of completion of consultations for the railway track project of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf in Kuwait reached 3%; whereas infrastructure development rates constitute 11% for the third phase of the optical network, 8% for the development of warehouses belonging to the Ports Corporation, 8% for the development of marine soaks, 6% to connect ports to an integrated system, 8% for the development of the ports of Shuwaikh and Doha, 14% for the development of Shuaiba port, and 10% for the development of the Fourth Ring Road. On the other hand, the completion rate of health care buildings exceeded 75% of the executive works, while the completion of the Children’s Hospital was delayed, with a completion rate of only 12%.
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