KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works announced the progress on the ongoing final works taking place on the elevated portion of the Jahra Road Development Project, which is scheduled to open shortly. The upcoming opening begins after Saad Al-Abdullah Academy and stretches to the end of the bridge after Airport Road, in both directions.
Engineer Ahmad Al-Hassan, the Assistant Undersecretary for Road Engineering Sector at the Ministry of Public Works commented: "Since last year this mega-project has seen multiple openings, including directional ramps, service roads and portions of the elevated mainline. This will be the largest opening to date and will mark the completion of the final remaining portion of elevated mainline on the Jahra Road Development Project.”
"Currently we are working on the final stages of road works and finishing works, which include installation of edge and median barriers, anti-carbonation coating, deck waterproofing and asphalting. Once opened, road users will immediately see a difference in overall driving time between the United Nations and Sheraton roundabouts. Additionally, it will lead to paramount differences in the overall traffic patterns in the surrounding areas with a significantly lower number of cars using the service roads as drivers will have access to the elevated mainline, heading straight to Kuwait City or towards Jahra in the other direction,” explained Engineer Hanan Hussein, Deputy Project Engineer at the Jahra Road Development Project.
"We are also pleased to report that as of Thursday 8th September, we have finished casting all 8,390 bridge segments at our pre-cast yard located in Doha. To date, 7202 of them have been erected (86%), and tremendous progress has also been witnessed across other areas of the project: construction of 92% of piles, 87% of the piers, and 90% of the diaphragms. Additionally, the work on the trough located on the 2nd Ring Road currently stands at 79% complete” added Eng Hanan. This mega project involves the construction of 17.7 km of viaducts (7.3 km of mainline Jahra Road, 2.4 km of bridges on linked roads and 8.0 km of ramps), including a trough at the 2nd Ring Road intersection, 10 pedestrian bridges, and service roads. The Jahra Road project also includes major utilities relocation works.