Ministry of Public Works announced yesterday that the new passengers terminal at Kuwait International Airport will be complete by September 2016 , indicating that the estimated cost is about KD 900 million. Acting Director of Advisers to the Ministry Faisal Majeed Al-Ostath said that the design phase and document preparations will be ready by March 2012. According to a Cabinet declaration issued in 2008, the Ministry is mandate to implement this project in coordination with the Department of Civil A
viation as the beneficiary of the project, he added.

Al-Ostath said that after the establishment and launch of this vital facility, it will be Kuwait's civilized gateway to the outside world. He said that the size of the terminal will display the new vision of the future of Kuwait with strategic investments in infrastructure and construction, adding that what raises the admiration is the tendency of environmental ambition of the project.

A well-respected package of design team including Lord Norman Foster's team will be in charge of the new airport. The new terminal will be converted into a regional station in the Gulf region as well as the increase of its capacity significantly, indicating that to achieve this strategic objective, it became necessary to establish a new building with the latest standards and global systems to provide the highest degree of comfort for travelers, he confirmed.

He also said that the new building will consist of a horizontal triangular shape. It will be allocated a 6.8 million square meters and will form a symbolic triangular mark as a symbol of modern Kuwait and the echo of the rich culture and civilization. Kuwait's Higher Projects Committee will meet sometime this week to discuss three development projects, namely a metro transport system, a solid waste recycling centre and a wastewater treatment plant in the south, Finance Minister Mustafa Al-Shimali said yest
erday.

These projects are part of the country's development plan, which aims at transforming the country into an international economic hub, noted al-Shimali. After the projects are adopted, they will be open for investment, to the public and private sectors, he added. On Thursday, tenders will also be accepted for an electricity and water plant in the northern area of Al-Zour. Currently, some 28 projects nationwide are being revised in sectors such as transport, communications, services, energy, real estate and
tourism. --- KUNA