Chapter 1
Construction of roads, bridges and other services for the First Ring Road – Dasman roundabout and
Adbulla Al- Ahmad road ( package 2 )
Commencement Date: August 2015
The first ring road is one of the main important and vital roads in Kuwait, which suffer from high traffic density especially in
peak time. Because of that the Ministry of Public Works has given it a great interest, and makes full coordination on an ongoing
basis with all relevant governmental bodies (Kuwait Municipality and the Ministry of the Interior) to overcome all the obstacles
and barriers that may face the work of the project at all stages.
The project aims to transform the northern part of the First Ring Road (from Jahra roundabout and the roundabout until
Dasman) to a well-proportioned path with free intersections, so as to improve traffic flows and solve the problem of congestion
in Kuwait City Center.
The project has been divided into three groups:
The completion of the first group (the intersection of First Ring Road with Riad Street until Mubarakiya area and the Palace
of Justice at Ali Al Salem Street) in May 2012.
The second group (Dasman and Abdullah Ahmed Street) starting at the intersection of First Ring Road with MA Kharafi Street
and to the east of Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah Street.
The third group is under study and design, and is associated with the first part on Shuhada Street and the second part west of
Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah Street.
The second group consists of: Construction of 3 free intersections, five vehicle bridges, 3
tunnels, and 2 pedestrian bridge, in addition to the construction and renovation of telephone,
water, electricity, sewage and rainwater drainage networks, as well as the construction and
renovation of street lighting and traffic signals with the expansion of the current path in both
directions, and to transfer and re-create Mutabbah mosque.
Reversed Detour slots in Nuwaisib Highway Project
Nuwaisib road is the highway between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. It starts at the convergence of King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz Road
(40) with Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman Al Saud Road (30), till Saudi Arabia. It is composed of three lanes in each direction and
provides reversed detours causing numerous traffic accidents. Because of that, the Ministry of Public Works in June 2014
started the work of the construction of eight overhead detour bridges and the abolition of the existing ground detours. It divided
the project into two groups (A & B) and gave each contractor a group of four bridges to speed up the completion of the project,
and in response to the demands of citizens to put a solution to the problems of Nuwaisib highway, which has become the most
dangerous road, especially in the spring period, which serves the pioneers of the mainland, chalets, travelers, and also serves
the new residential towns (Sabah Al-Ahmad - Alkheran - Alwafra). In addition to the tourist, marine and oil facilities in that
region, such as AlKheran Resort and the new KNPC project (Mosfat Alzour), as well as traffic between Kuwait and Saudi
Arabia.
The first group (A): consists of bridges (IC-1/1, IC-1/2, IC-2/1, IC-2/2) which serves Julai'a area and the restaurants area. The
first of the bridges has been opened in front of the traffic move at 73 kilometer near the rescue center in December 2015.
The second group (B): consists of bridges (IC-3/1, IC-3/2) which serve the port of Al-Zour area – Alpenidr – Alwafra road.
Bridges (IC-4/1, IC-4/2) serve Sabah Al-Ahmad marine City and Alkheran residential City, in addition to the future Sabah Al-
Ahmad residential city, The second rever detour bridge (IC-4/2) has been opened on the 87 kilometer in February 2016.
and the third bridge has been opened (IC-4/1) in March 2016 at 84 kilometer, and bridges (IC-3/1, IC-3/2) were opened to
traffic movement in May 2016.
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- Projects - The most important ongoing projects
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