The first segment of the development road was shown to international companies.

The Ministry of Transport is preparing to present the first section of the development road project to international companies by the end of this year.

This was announced by the Ministry’s Media Office Director, Maitham Al-Safi, who confirmed in a statement to Al-Sabah that the development road project is progressing according to the set timelines, with the preliminary design phase having been completed and the detailed phases now underway.

He added that the project has made significant progress, and that detailed designs are expected to be completed by the end of this year and the first video will be presented to international companies. He noted that consulting firms have submitted models of the project’s economic model.

Al-Safi explained that the development path will benefit a number of ministries, institutions, and local governments, with a focus on the raw materials available in each governorate. It is expected to provide more than (100) thousand job opportunities, with the possibility of increasing the number of workers later.

The media spokesman pointed out that the Grand Faw Port, which is the main component of the development road and its first launching station, has completed its five docks in full, in addition to a road of (62) km length linking the Faw Port to the city of Umm Qasr with a completion rate of (100%), as well as the navigation channel, the completion rate of which has reached (90%), and the completion rate of the container yard has exceeded (94%), and it is expected that they will all be completed by the end of (2025).

Alsabaah.iq