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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 18: After stopping for several years from launching major development projects, the Kuwait Municipality is returning to its role in developing the country in a step that calls for optimism for what the next stage will be, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The Director-General of the Municipality, Eng Ahmed Al-Manfouhi, has announced an invitation to investors wishing to participate in the bidding of the project for the educational, cultural and entertainment center on Abdullah Al-Ahmad Street for pre-qualification.
Al-Manfouhi told the daily Al- this step is considered the first executive step aimed at implementing the project, which has been idle for nearly 18 years, ending a period of stagnation in which development was disrupted and the partnership between the private and government sectors decreased. Bidding and then submitting their bid to implement the project.
Largest
Al-Manfouhi said this project is one of the largest projects to be implemented in the heart of the capital, on 57,098 square meters area distributed over 3 separate and adjacent plots linked by bridges to ensure ease of movement between them.
The car park on the roof by a SkateBoard garden will consist of 9 floors, three underground basements, while the largest plot of land on 29,526 square meters area, the 40-floor building -- 25 floors designated as a hotel to serve the surrounding area and the project -- while the rest of the floors are allocated to commercial, cultural, recreational and educational activities.
In addition 3 floors underground will be used as parking lots, and the plot of land connecting between them will be 22,782 square meters and it will also include commercial, educational, cultural and recreational activities distributed over 11 floors, with 3 underground floors for car parking, and the rental space combined is about 134,399 square meters in which cultural,
recreational and educational activities shall not be less than 40% of that area.
Al-Manfouhi added that for the first time, those wishing to qualify will submit their applications through the designated website. Its projects and contracts are signed by the Ministry of Finance, which means additional income and an increase in municipal revenues, and thus raising government revenues.
Al-Manfouhi said that whoever looks at the design of the project will find that it is inspired by the history
of the region based on the pearl trade, with an architectural design that reflects the waves of the sea and a dome representing the pearl.
Al-Manfouhi explained that due to the multiplicity of accidents with cyclists on the roads, a decision was made that the project contains a track for cycling and another separate track that will be used for pedestrians within the project, with a length of approximately 900 meters in an air-conditioned and safe environment by exploiting the shape of the project land.