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Boubyan Port project enters third phase
The Ministry of Public Works finalized its preparation to launch the third stage of Phase One of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer port development project.
The stage is due to begin at the start of next year, announced the Head of Advisory Studies division of the major projects department, Sorour Al-Otaibi.
The third stage of the project includes expanding the water basin and naval channel to allow larger ships to pass through the channel so as to establish facilities for the ports’ operation. The estimated cost of the project is about KD400mn.
Located along the east coast of Boubyan Island, the project is one of the largest-ever in Kuwait. It falls under a range of projects that will implement housing, economic, tourist and environmental developments.
Al-Otaibi revealed that department is co-ordinating with several environmental bodies in Kuwait so as to maintain the safety of the marine environment of the island and the environmental inland.
However, 60percent of the island’s area will be allocated as a natural reserve to protect its distinguished wildlife, he said.
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