Bidaa Roundabout 30-40 percent complete: Minister
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Abdul Rahman AlMutawa said 30-40 percent of the Bidaa Roundabout bridge project has been completed and that one of the bridge lanes is expected to open by the beginning of 2018. Speaking to reporters during an inspection tour he conducted at the site, Mutawa reminded that the project had been delayed and withdrawn from the contractor who initially started it and given to another. He explained that the first contractor had been given three notices prior to withdrawing the project. Mutawa added he also visited the Mangaf bridge and roundabout project to inspect the work progress there.
Mutawa stressed that that the Ministry of Public Works is keen on collecting its dues from various contractors and said that he had instructed all ministry sectors to list all delayed projects and violations so that penal measures could be taken against responsible contractors. He also noted that a director had been already appointed to head the roads authority pending the formation of its board of directors and organizational structure. Responding to a question concerning the new Cabinet formation, Mutawa said this responsibility was in the good hands of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah and that he alone knows the answer to this question.
Landline phone bills
The Ministry of Utilities recently urged all landline telephone subscribers to pay their bills to avoid programmed service disconnection. The ministry explained that a warning would be sent on Sunday, Nov 12, followed by a second one on Nov 19, before disconnecting the service on Nov 26 of subscribers who fail to pay their bills. The ministry explained that the limit at which a line would be automatically listed for programmed disconnection is KD 50 for home lines and KD 100 for commercial ones, in addition to subscribers who had rescheduled their bills to pay in installments and failed to pay any of them, and subscribers who fail to pay the subscription fee for over six months.