Power, roads and housing, new residential projects gain momentum

The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) announced significant progress in infrastructure development across Kuwait’s new residential cities, highlighting a series of contracts signed to accelerate services and construction works.

In its January 2026 report, the authority stated that two contracts were concluded for the supply, extension, and maintenance of 400-kilovolt underground cables to feed the two main substations serving the South Sabah Al-Ahmad Residential City project, supporting electricity infrastructure for future housing areas.

The authority also signed a contract covering the supply, installation, operation, maintenance, and warranty of three permanent air quality monitoring stations located in Jaber Al-Ahmad, West Abdullah Al-Mubarak, and Al-Qairawan. In addition, another agreement was concluded for maintaining outdoor landscaping, irrigation networks, and supplying new plantings at the authority’s headquarters, reports Al-Rai daily.

PAHW further announced the signing of a consultancy services contract to manage and supervise the construction and completion of public buildings and infrastructure networks in suburbs N1, N2, and N4, as well as public facilities in suburb centers N4 and N12 within Al-Mutlaa Residential City.

Regarding project progress, the authority reported that the main roads contract in South Saad Al-Abdullah City reached an actual completion rate of 55.6 percent. Infrastructure works are advancing steadily, with completion rates of 7.2 percent, 7.12 percent, and 6.71 percent recorded across three contracts covering more than 23,000 housing plots.

In South Sabah Al-Ahmad, the main roads project achieved 81.01 percent completion, while infrastructure contracts covering thousands of plots recorded progress rates ranging between 30.1 percent and 40.6 percent.

As for the affordable housing project, construction progress varied across six contracts. Completion rates reached 30.1 percent, 36 percent, and 35.5 percent in the first three contracts, while newer phases recorded progress between 4.4 percent and 6.01 percent, reflecting ongoing expansion of housing supply.