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COWI has just signed a contract with the Ministry of Public Works in Kuwait to carry out the feasibility study on what will be the fifth longest bridge in the world. The bridge will be 22 km long and will connect Kuwait City with the development region Subiyah, which lies across the bay. The bridge will be a low-level bridge with a number of embankments near the coast. To allow ships passage to the Kuwait harbour the bridge will be suspended over the channel. It is expected that the bridge will be completed in five to six years.

The bridge is a step in the development of the northern region of Kuwait, which has until now been a part of the desert. This area has been allocated for urban and industrial development. The contract is for the first phase of the project which COWI will carry out in collaboration with local companies and the Danish companies Sund & Baelt, DHI and Dissing + Weitling.

"It is an exciting multidisciplinary project which confirms COWIs international standing within bridges and fixed links" says department head Dan Olsen, COWI.

The project incorporates environmental and engineering studies which place focus on continuity and economic viability. The activities will include traffic assessments, alignment studies, design of bridges and embankments as well as economic and financial studies. Furthermore, the environmental effects, hydrologic, bathymetric, and geotechnical aspects will be included in the study.

In Denmark, COWI has been involved in the construction of the Great Belt Link and the Sound and has carried out feasibility studies for the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany. Internationally, COWI is at present involved in the design of the worlds longest cable stayed bridge in Hong Kong, in the Chaco suspension bridge in Chile and the worlds longest road link, the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway. COWI has recently, together with local engineering companies, won two large bridge projects, the Sutong Bridge and the Ly Yang - Deep Water Harbour Bridge in China.

Director of Bridges, Marine and Foundation Engineering Anton Petersen, ape@cowi.dk
Head of Department Dan Olsen, do@cowi.dk


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its a great project, but its not in UAE.

Great Ive read about this project before. Its amazing! Good for you q8...

Good news, also heard about it. That render kinda looks also like the Bahrain-Qatar bridge.

thats a huge bridge!

its a great project, but its not in UAE.

There is a bridge between Abu Dhabi and Doha
But it is longer than Kuwait bridge
Abu Dhabi and Doha = 300km
Kuwait bridge = 35km

http://www.greatestcities.com/5488pic/994/CP39994.jpg/uae_map.jpg

there will be a bridge between abu dhabi and qatar but not like the one on the map... THe one on the map show a link between abu dhabi ( city ) and doha. The one that they will probably build will link the end of abu dhabi ( emirate) close to saudi arabia with qatar

Kuwait bridge have 2 towers i like it

WOW EMIRATES ME!! LOL dont u think thats too much of a bridge? they can issue free air plane tickets for all emaratis and qataris with the price of that bridge hehehe :P. man seriously thats gigantic! image if they made it in a vertical way ;) (a skyscraper that would reach for space hahaha)

the one in the UAE is cooler than the one in kuwait.

The bridge will cost 1500 million us$.it will reduce the traveling time between kuwait city and alsubiya from 50 min to 20 min and it will be 36km starting from kuwait city to alsubiya.
This bridge will be servicing two new cities one is industrial and the other will be residential city but the mean preps of constructing such a massive project is the new sea port (bubyan port) which will be located south of bubyan island the sea port will cost 1200 million us$ phase one , it will be completed in sixteen years over five phases , and that would raise kuwait container handling capacity to 2.4 million container annually .

they will complete it in 16 years!!!! wow man u sure? thats a lot of time!

What would be complete in sixteen years? The bridge or the port?

What would be complete in sixteen years? The bridge or the port?
The bridge should be completed in 2011 ,but the port will be completed in 5 phases the over 16 years, this will be a massive sea port it will be the mean gate to iraq ,but i still think 16 years is to much.
We will wait and see i think they will change that if the economic grow and demand in iraq and kuwait was much higher that expected

This is way too much. 16 years is a very long time. I might be mistaken, but it seems to me that kuwait isnt really capitalizing on Iraq. Kuwait, no with the threat of saddam gone, has so much opportunities. It seems very economical they start operating a very big port, build half a dozen hotels, new road infrastructure (highways to and from iraq) and to invest more in general service industries. I might be mistaken and kuwait has already start on this kind of stuff... then again im ight be right.

btw - where is all this coming from? any reliable sources?

btw - where is all this coming from? any reliable sources?
I have a good friend in Ministry of Planning, and most of what i post it was all in kuwaiti new paper , all of this project was planed long time ago , like for example the rail way link to iraq and the bobiayn sea port and a new airport in the north of kuwait and developing failak island and much much more all of this project were put on hold , because the threat from the iraqi and iran war and the iraqi invasionin 1990 , the rebuilding of oil industry infrastructure cost 50 billion us$ only by it self nor the cost of first gulf war in 1991 which was 61 billion us$ and don't forget the Kuwaiti stock exchange market crash in the early 1980's which cost the government more that 86 billion us$ .
All that was a big step down to kuwait , as a result of all that most of kuwaiti business men lost interest in the kuwaiti market and start looking over sea's for new opportunity.Kuwait is a frozen since 1978 simple as that .
However i will try to find a reliable source in english to support my claim , sorry for any inconvenience.

Kuwait City: The establishment of a modern mega port on Bubyan, Kuwait's largest island, is expected to cost about $850 million and will be completed in five phases over 16 years, a senior government official has said.

Jasem Al Oun - head of the government agency for implementing agreements in the Neutral Zone (with Saudi Arabia), development of Kuwaiti islands and mega projects - also said that preliminary feasibility studies showed that the country was in dire need of the port.

Replying to a parliamentary question by MP Mohammad Al Mutair, Al Oun said the idea of establishing the port was first floated at the end of March last year, and the Cabinet commissioned the agency the following month to carry out a feasibility study.

The study determined that demand for containers in Kuwait would rise from the current 800,000 annually to 2.4 million in 2020.

It also showed that existing Kuwaiti ports will not be able to cope with the future increase in containers and freight and that some of these ports are facing difficulty in handling imports due to their limited capacity, he added.

Plans to expand Kuwaiti ports will not be sufficient to cope with the expected rise in activity, which strengthens the need for a new port, added the study.

Al Oun added that the expected return on investment from establishing the port was calculated at 15 per cent per year, when other benefits such as generating economic activities and services, creating jobs and strategic benefits for Kuwait were taken into account.

- The writer is an Arab journalist based in Kuwait
http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/Business2.asp?ArticleID=126025 (http://)

Bubyan moving forward: May 2004

Kuwait Consultants and Investment Co (KCI) and the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development have inked a US$1.5 mill agreement to conduct a feasibility study on a new port to be built on the Kuwaiti northern Island of Bubyan. :cheers:

KCI’s deputy director general Samiha Al-Huamidi said the study contract is line with the recent Kuwaiti cabinet decision....

http://www.worldcargonews.com/htm/n20040501.131551.htm (http://)

32 km, longer than the bridge in Portugal. The Abu Dhabi bridge appears that it would take possibly many decades to complete, unless everyone in the world 'chip-in' for some labour.

u mean kuwait not AD, right?

Kuwait invites bids for major Container Port Project
Kuwait : 1-May-2005

Kuwait has invited bids for building the first phase of a state-of-the-art container port on Bubiyan Island at a cost of around $2 billion. About (17) international and local companies have been pre-qualified to submit bids for the main contract. The port is expected to commence operations by the end of 2008 or early 2009.

The first phase involves building a 34-kilometre road linking the new port to Iraq's Umm Qasr Port, dredging works and main infrastructure of the port at a cost of around $1 billion. It also involves building a railway parallel to the road and a bridge that links the island to the mainland at a cost of $400 million.

Companies have three months to submit their offers and the ministry will make a selection within a month after that. All contracts are expected to be signed before the end of this year. The capacity of this port after the conclusion of the first phase will be around one million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Capacity will rise to 2.5 million TEUs a year after the third and final stage in 2016. A private company will be set up to manage the port.

http://www.sell2arabia.com/NewsDetail.asp?NewsId=2008

There is a bridge between Abu Dhabi and Doha
But it is longer than Kuwait bridge
Abu Dhabi and Doha = 300km
Kuwait bridge = 35km

http://www.greatestcities.com/5488pic/994/CP39994.jpg/uae_map.jpg

This UAE-QATAR bridge is insane it is almost TWICE the width of Qatar its self what are they thinking!!!!

that last pic doesn't represent the real way the bridge will be made...........it's not gonna connect Abu dhabi city and qatar.........it's gonna connect from the end of the abu dhabi emirate (close to the saudi border) to qatar

The bridge is also called the Subiya Causeway. The PQ notice went out to int. companies several months ago but there has been some delay announcing the shortlist. The government is musing whether to retender the project on a BOT basis although this is being resisted by the MPW.

As for the port project, the client the MPA has already tendered the first phase covering the access road and bridge, and the a PQ notice has gone out for the $500 million dredging contract. The tender for the container terminal will come out in September.

There is also a $6 billion plan to develop Bubiyan island. MPA will present the masterplan to the council of Ministers in October after which the island will be developed in stages.

SUBIYA NEW TOWN MASTER PLAN
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Project Details:

Location: Subiya, Kuwait.

Client: Kuwait Municipality.

Services Performed:
Review and Update of Master Plan.

Cost: Fees only.

Completion: 2005.

Project Data:

New town north of Kuwait City, planned for 500,000 population by 2030.

The project covers a complete review of all development data and standards necessary to plan for this new city, which will result in the production of detailed zoning plans, utility and highway plans and design criteria to guide new development.
Gulf Consult in association with HOK Canada and Parsons Brinckerhoff have been commissioned to review and update the City Master Plan, which had been approved by Kuwait Municipality in 1990.

In the 15 years since that initial master plan, the pressure for development in the north of Kuwait has grown substantially, particularly because of the decision to build and open a new container port on Boubyan Island by 2009 and to build a new causeway linking the new city of Subiya with Shuwaikh.

Will Include a number of artificial islands which will have gas stations and small ADNOC oasis malls on them. It will be from Abu Dhabi Island to Doha in Qatar linking both Capitals together, projected length would be about 500 kms, car ride would take 4 hours from ADH to DOH.

this picture from cowi website
:cheers:
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amazing project, i like it alot

The Link (http://www.cowi.com/cowi/en/menu/trends/largescaleprojects/underoneumbrella/) :)

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From Cowi Press Release

COWI has just signed a contract with the Ministry of Public Works in Kuwait to carry out the feasibility study on what will be the fifth longest bridge in the world. The bridge will be 22 km long and will connect Kuwait City with the development region Subiyah, which lies across the bay. The bridge will be a low-level bridge with a number of embankments near the coast. To allow ships passage to the Kuwait harbour the bridge will be suspended over the channel. It is expected that the bridge will be completed in five to six years.

The bridge is a step in the development of the northern region of Kuwait, which has until now been a part of the desert. This area has been allocated for urban and industrial development. The contract is for the first phase of the project which COWI will carry out in collaboration with local companies and the Danish companies Sund & Baelt, DHI and Dissing + Weitling.

"It is an exciting multidisciplinary project which confirms COWIs international standing within bridges and fixed links" says department head Dan Olsen, COWI.

The project incorporates environmental and engineering studies which place focus on continuity and economic viability. The activities will include traffic assessments, alignment studies, design of bridges and embankments as well as economic and financial studies. Furthermore, the environmental effects, hydrologic, bathymetric, and geotechnical aspects will be included in the study.

In Denmark, COWI has been involved in the construction of the Great Belt Link and the Sound and has carried out feasibility studies for the Fehmarn Belt between Denmark and Germany. Internationally, COWI is at present involved in the design of the worlds longest cable stayed bridge in Hong Kong, in the Chaco suspension bridge in Chile and the worlds longest road link, the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway. COWI has recently, together with local engineering companies, won two large bridge projects, the Sutong Bridge and the Ly Yang - Deep Water Harbour Bridge in China.

Director of Bridges, Marine and Foundation Engineering Anton Petersen, ape@cowi.dk
Head of Department Dan Olsen, do@cowi.dk

Personally I can't see a thing. You do know that you should host any pics that you have ?

I guess the construction started at 2002

let me try it again

how to save images?

how to paste images? anyone?

we already have this here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=197038

and for the images you can go to http://imageshack.us and upload your pictures there, on the second page after you upload the pictures you'll have several links to choose from .. pick one and paste it here.

you can also check the FAQ for more help http://www.skyscrapercity.com/faq/faqs.htm

I thought chix_love had some construction photos :)

they didnt start construction yet as far as I know

The minister of Public Works has announced that the project has been presented to the government so that they can decide wether it will be funded by the government or the private sector. He also added that the contractors are ready to start work on this project.

The tender for the design-build contract will be issued in just a matter of weeks.

The council of ministers has given it's final approval for this project and the Prime Minister gave orders to implement this project as soon as possible. This bridge will be constructed by the ministry of public works and will be completed in 60 months.

The bridge will connect Kuwait City (Ghazali St., Shuwaikh) with Subiya. The bridge will be 36 Km long and 23m above the surface of the water. It will have three lanes in both directions and an emergency lane for each direction. Th bridge will be suspended from the middle.

Two reclaimed islands will lie beneath the bridge each with an area of 25 hectares.

A 3 Km road will also be constructed to link the bridge to the Subiya coast and Madinat Al Hareer. An elevated road will also be constructed to connect the bridge to Kuwait City at Al Ghazali bridge.

that's awesome.

they mentioned that two reclaimed islands will lie beneath the bridge? those islands were proposed for the Madinat Al Hareer/City of Silk project. so this must mean that the project is almost approved as well! score. thanks Dubliner!

kuwaiti_patriot

60 month is good for construction better than 16 years... thats meen in 5 years and 10 month... if they start in 2007 they will finish in 2012... I cant wait, thanx Dubliner :D

Good news! MPW has just formalised the PQ shortlist. The tender is expected to be issued within the next 4 weeks.

for those who don't believe in madinat al hareer, think about it .. why would they build such a bridge if they don't have plans for the othes side of it

There have been long standing plans to build a new city at Subiya under the auspices of PAHW. The causeway was originally intended to cut journey times to this new city.

There have been long standing plans to build a new city at Subiya under the auspices of PAHW. The causeway was originally intended to cut journey times to this new city.

Great to hear but what does PAHW, PQ and MPW stand for ?

the big problem is the cosway they afraid from invairment get ruind.

Personally I disagree with the environmentalists who say that. That is because if they build this bridge then that will promote further usage of the bubyan port and then less ships will go to the Shuwaikh port. The government has actually promised those environmentalists that they will close down Shuwaikh port once Bubyan port gets up and running. Therefore leading to less environmental damage done to the bay.

Furthermore, if more people cross the bay then the government will care more about upkeeping it because it will be economically important to do so.

^^But is the causeway nessessary, since not a lot of people live in the other side of the causeway and it takes less than an hour to drive regularly on the way. Shouldn't they spend the money on better roads instead?

I think that this bridge is vital if you want Kuwaitis to visit this City. One thing you should know about Kuwaitis is that they don't like to drive very lond distances on a regular basis. I mean i wouldn't driving for an hour once a month but what if i want to visit this city once a week or more.

Furthermore there are already plans to improve the highways. Construction on the 4th ring road has already started and the bridge is almost done. A tunnel will be openning in Salmiyah this summer to ease off traffic.

well u r right Dubliner but these pepole always saying that... what shall we do ??

well u r right Dubliner but these pepole always saying that... what shall we do ??

I think time will tell :)

MPW=Ministry of Public Works

PQ=prequalification

PAHW=Public Authority for Housing Welfare

^^ Thanks for clarifying :)

Believe me, I love this project. But, in this case, it only takes less than 45 minutes to get to the other side of the bay on land, do you guys really need to spend a lot of money in building this bridge.

I mean in our case, (Qatar Bahrian bridge) we have to drive through (inhospitable environment) e7m e7m, and the 40 km long brige will save us more than 5 to 6 hours of driving time and time with e7m e7m. So what do u guys think??

I agree with Halawala, this project causes a lot of environmental damage .. but people as usual don't care .. and since there's alot of money available ... why not spend it :( anyways i hope this project at least stimulate the economy and speeds up the construction of silk city :P ... i can only hope

Actually it will take an hour to get to the other side :) I can see your point but think of it. You are working in City of Silk but you live in Kuwait City will you want to drive every morning for one hour to get to work? I wouldn't.

Furthermore, most of the environmental damage done to the bay is done by the ships going to shuwaikh port. When this project is completed more ships will go to Bubyan port doing less damage to the environment. Pl

Actually it will take an hour to get to the other side :) I can see your point but think of it. You are working in City of Silk but you live in Kuwait City will you want to drive every morning for one hour to get to work? I wouldn't.

Furthermore, most of the environmental damage done to the bay is done by the ships going to shuwaikh port. When this project is completed more ships will go to Bubyan port doing less damage to the environment. Pl

Ok, but an hour is not that bad compared to longer distances people have to travel. If they are going to shift the center of population north to Silk City, then wouldn't people already live there, and go to work there, instead of living in Kuwait City? It will almost cut the driving time in half, but still the cost of construction and the revenues (I think) wont equal any time after completion. Just think about--most of the people are just going to drive around the bay for free instead of pay 2 or 3 KD to go across the pond. Besides, are Kuwaitis really interested in this project? I am, cause I love briges and construction.

Ok, but an hour is not that bad compared to longer distances people have to travel. If they are going to shift the center of population north to Silk City, then wouldn't people already live there, and go to work there, instead of living in Kuwait City? It will almost cut the driving time in half, but still the cost of construction and the revenues (I think) wont equal any time after completion. Just think about--most of the people are just going to drive around the bay for free instead of pay 2 or 3 KD to go across the pond. Besides, are Kuwaitis really interested in this project? I am, cause I love briges and construction.
the idea of the project go way back to the early 70's , but the project (city of silk+boubyan port +the bridge ) was on hold due to the iraq iran war .

^^^ Wow! It was that old, but after the Iran war came the invasion, and so i can see why it was constantly delayed.
(now is the perfect time!)

--How about building a bridge from Bahrain to Kuwait, so we can have a road connection from kuwait to Qatar via Bahrain. Then we can drive there without worries! (if only!!)

^^^ Wow! It was that old, but after the Iran war came the invasion, and so i can see why it was constantly delayed.
(now is the perfect time!)

--How about building a bridge from Bahrain to Kuwait, so we can have a road connection from kuwait to Qatar via Bahrain. Then we can drive there without worries! (if only!!)
lol, building a bridge from kuwait to bahrain :omg: that will something around 400KM

lol, building a bridge from kuwait to bahrain :omg: that will something around 400KM

It would take three and a half hours to drive across! Its a crazy idea, but at least we will bypass e7m e7m!

It would take three and a half hours to drive across! Its a crazy idea, but at least we will bypass e7m e7m!
hopefully in the near future the e7m e7m will improve

they wont allow it :P

Yeah but Kuwaitis don't have as much problems as Qataris and Emiratis have with the "u7m u7m"s. I mean yes it takes forever to get to the other side of the border but that's about it. I hear that there are a lot of robberies happening at the Qatar and UAE borders in the "u7m u7m"s side but no officials do anything about it.

Dubliner the e7em e7em took lots of kuwaiti land and now they are taking over kuwaiti offshore oilfeilds near qarooh and om el maradim..you cant go to qarooh now without a saudi permit..before 2 years i used to go 1:30 hrs south of qarooh and still be in kuwaiti waters..not anymore.

thats not true floodgate om el-maradem and garoog still in Kuwaiti water and by the way we have a new coast guard base over there now

alonsi the 2 islands is ours but the oil under it is 50/50 now..and i dare you to go 2 km south of qarooh or om el maradim without a permit.

alonsi the 2 islands is ours but the oil under it is 50/50 now..and i dare you to go 2 km south of qarooh or om el maradim without a permit.


Ya mal il i'63afa, the e7m e7m has trillions of barels of oil fields and millions of square kiometers and they are still wanting our little square kilometers! Anyway, lets not ruin the spirit of this thread.

So, Have they actually started construction and when are they planning to?

Construction has not started on this bridge but it should commmence sometime this year.

^^ I hope they start soon. I bet you people are going to drive up and down for the fun of it even though there really isnt anything yet up there! lool :)

^^ I hope they start soon. I bet you people are going to drive up and down for the fun of it even though there really isnt anything yet up there! lool :)

True, but I would guess or at least hope that something will be there considering that the bridge will be completed in 5 years time :)

^^ Inshalla I will be standing at the other side so you better be excited when it is completed !!!

^^ Inshalla I will be standing at the other side so you better be excited when it is completed !!!

Lol :)

alonsi the 2 islands is ours but the oil under it is 50/50 now..and i dare you to go 2 km south of qarooh or om el maradim without a permit.
I go fishing every where in the south and still everything is ok the permit you are talking about is to allow you to go into the e7m e7m waters and fish there.

Aryag Aldorar is the restricted area you are talking about we had problem with iran regarding this oil field but the gevernment asked the e7m e7m to split the production between us and them to stop iran and now its between the 3 and now no one can touch it now .. there is a long story about this I'm not really sure about it .... anyways I was there 2 weeks ago and let me tell you this aryag el-dorar 9eed'ha mo 6abee3y :D

some of what you'll can get there are in these pics
http://www.garooh.com/db/data/media/88/Picture_021.jpg

http://www.garooh.com/db/data/media/106/19.jpg

those pics are not mine bas inshallah the next trip I'll try to get you some :)

allah balol my best fish

Update on Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah (Subiya Causeway)
April 2006 (http://www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com/Articles.asp?Article=7466)

Project: Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Causeway
Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
Budget: Estimated $1.5 billion
Scope of work: The scope of work includes the design and construction of a 36-km causeway across the Bay of Kuwait connecting Shuwaikh Port/Ghazali Expressway with the Subiya New Town Development. The causeway will include a 3-km elevated road through the Shuwaikh Port area, an interchange north of Shuwaikh Port, 27-km low-level bridge across the bay, a main bridge with a span of 150 to 200m, a 25-hectare transition island developed towards Subiya for maintenance and emergency services and a 5-km approach road onshore in Subiya. The causeway will have three lanes plus an emergency lane in both directions.
Status: COWI is the consultant on the project. Bids were submitted in late 2005 and an award is expected shortly

^^^Yes, so finally we see updates! Thanks!

Thx for the update skoulikimou

thanx for the up date skoulikimou

I'm afraid we're going to have to wait a bit longer for work to start as the tender to build the causeway hasn't even been issued yet. It's expected in June though, and I'd assume the contract will be awarded around the end of the year, with construciton to start soon after.

ok thx for the info KuwaitLover

Bad news , they stoped the project for environment problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!

alseyassah newspaper 15-5-06

وقف تنفيذ جسر الصبية

لوجود 14 ملاحظة بيئية

كتب ¯ خالد الهاجري:
كشف مصدر حكومي رفيع ان مجلس الوزراء قرر في اجتماعه امس وقف تنفيذ مشروع جسر جابر الاحمد »الصبية« حتى اشعار آخر وذلك اثر اعتراض الهيئة العامة للبيئة على المشروع لوجود »14ملاحظة بيئية« تعيق تنفيذه, من بينها الجوانب السلبية للمشروع على جون الكويت, مشيرا الى ان المجلس طلب الاستعانة بمستشارين بيئيين عالميين للوقوف على مدى صحة ملاحظات هيئة البيئة وسبل تفاديها للبدء في تنفيذ المشروع.

well this sucks :rant:

Emm OK so they are going to get international environmental consultants to see how true is this and then if this is true then they will try to find a way to get over this problem. That's not so bad :)

is it not .... well if they keep doing this to every single project , then we would not get any where.....

KUNA 17-5-06

Plans for construction of Jaber al-Sabah Bridge ready in a month

Plans for the construction of Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah bridge will be ready in a month after environmental considerations are thoroughly studied, said Wednesday assistant undersecretary for highway projects at the ministry of public works Hussein Mansour.

The blue prints for the project are ready as is its budget, he said at a press conference. An eight month delay, he explained, was essential to cover all environmental concerns that have bearing on the building of the bridge. One such concern has been the impact of the building on maritime conditions at Kuwait Bay.

Among other projects currently undertaken by the ministry, he said, are upgrading the 5th ring road, the intersection of the 4th ring road with the Fahaheel expressway, and the 1st ring road.

He indicated that the ministry was focused at this time on renovating all roads and streets that are at least 20 years old. Moreover a major highway undertaking, he said, was the decision to turn the current Sabbiya two-lane highway into an giant multi-lane expressway.

KUNA 17-5-06

Plans for construction of Jaber al-Sabah Bridge ready in a month

Plans for the construction of Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah bridge will be ready in a month after environmental considerations are thoroughly studied, said Wednesday assistant undersecretary for highway projects at the ministry of public works Hussein Mansour.

The blue prints for the project are ready as is its budget, he said at a press conference. An eight month delay, he explained, was essential to cover all environmental concerns that have bearing on the building of the bridge. One such concern has been the impact of the building on maritime conditions at Kuwait Bay.

Among other projects currently undertaken by the ministry, he said, are upgrading the 5th ring road, the intersection of the 4th ring road with the Fahaheel expressway, and the 1st ring road.

He indicated that the ministry was focused at this time on renovating all roads and streets that are at least 20 years old. Moreover a major highway undertaking, he said, was the decision to turn the current Sabbiya two-lane highway into an giant multi-lane expressway.

Thanks for the good news Bu Yusef

So now the new Silk City being built will have technically two ways of getting there: a bridge causeway and a multi-lane expressway.

So now the new Silk City being built will have technically two ways of getting there: a bridge causeway and a multi-lane expressway.

Yup there already is a regular road to that area but they are going to expand it into a proper expressway :)

نستكمل إجراءاته بعد التنسيق مع هيئة البيئة»
الحميدي لـ «الوطن»: بتمويل حكومي سننفذ مشروع جسر الصبية

أعلن وزير الاشغال العامة وزير الدولة لشؤون الاسكان بدر الحميدي عن «تنسيق مستمر بين الهيئة العامة للبيئة ووزارة الاشغال في شأن اعداد المراسلات مع بعض البيوت الاستشارية العالمية لتكليفه بتزويد الوزارة عن المعالجات البيئية لجون الكويت عندما يمر فيه جسر الصبية الذي تم ايقاف استكمال اجراءاته الى حين معرفة هذا الأمر»، مبينا ان «المشروع ينفذ بتمويل حكومي وليس بنظام الـ B.O.T».
وقال الحميدي في تصريح لـ «الوطن» ان الهيئة العامة للبيئة تجري حاليا اعداد الخطابات اللازمة لارسالها الى تلك البيوت الاستشارية، موضحا «ان هذه البيوت تحتاج إلى فترة لدرس المشروع واعداد عرض الاسعار التي ستعرض على اللجان المختصة في الادارة المركزية للمناقصات».
وأكد الحميدي انه «سيتم بناء مشروع جسر الصبية بتمويل حكومي وليس بنظام الـ B.O.T»، لافتا الى ان «المستشار العالمي سيحدد الاجراءات الخاصة بالبيئة ومن ثم يتم النظر في العروض المقدمة من الشركات في شأن إنشائه واعداد التصاميم الخاصة به

This states that the minister of public work said that the bridge will be built with cooperation with the enviroment public office about the enivorment in the bay of kuwait. he also stated that the bridge will be built by government fainance and not by B.O.T system.
the enviroment office will send statement about the bridge for the international investment houses, and they will need time to make their bid and costs of the project. the minister said that they will consider the enviroment while building the bridge by the companies.

It looks ugly
We need a landmark

Look at Australia's bridge
Look at Newcastle's & Roterdam's bridges...

by the way...that bridge will only save 10-20km

thanks.

yeah dhari we need a landmark not a concrete bridge with noting new or creative design

u guys they r redesigning the bridge from international companies, it's not gonna be the way u think its gonna be, they r gonna redesign it and study it for 5 months i think

why do we need this bridge? isn't it better if we create a totally new destination in our country and need to travel to it, instead of an easy and fast access which would make us get bored with this imaginary city they claim they want to build in the north? why not use those millions for something more useful, like start building that city of silk for example ???

yea differences75, but the bridge is more than just a bridge, it helps 4 inporting and exporting from the bubyan port, plus the two lands that r gonna be built in the center of that bridge, this project has been studied so much and many times man since the 70s, inshalla they start with it, the bridge is not bad, and it is very useful man beleive me
;)

The bridge can be considered a soft target, enemies, god forbid, can destroy it and cut off traffic easily. Look of what is happening in Lebanon.

^^ come on Wali10, aren't the oil refineries a soft target ? what about the emirs palace? emm what about the goverment infastructure like ministries, roads, sewege and electricity plants?
kuwait in general is a soft spot :P anyway we have patriot missile againt war planes and missiles !!
enemies like who ??

all i'm saying is that the costs are just too high and unjustified .. bss .. we could have a better highway linking the two cities .. and guys u need to remember its a totally new city, not like anything we have now..

there is a highway and its going to be constructed for the bubyan port which is subiya highway, and the bridge will save about 45 minutes and like madry cham kilos ;)

crazy has appoint, the bridge is really useful

I want to add a point, the bridge will help the new city get built in a way, like if I'm an investor i will wait tell the bridge get completed, because now if you want to build a huge tower it will needs a building material and if i will buy it from shawaik and have theme to deliver it to subia by the jaber highway it will cost me more than it will cost from the bridge delivery, so it will helps

ahmadjam has a point

Guys what is the latest about his bridge? Has it started yet?

Guys what is the latest about his bridge? Has it started yet?

still no progress.

If this bridge is built, then whatever development happens on the other side of the [joun] will then only be an extension of the existing city, not a destination to somewhere new.
we all know the propensity of traffic accidents in kuwait. have you ever been on a causeway with a traffic accident before? i have, and it's really not fun.
also, are we so lazy that we can't drive 40 minutes to go somewhere? it's not like we're cutting a 5 hour journey into 3... i could understand that. but to save 10 or 15 minutes off the travel time, is it really worth spending all that money? OR are we just looking for another excuse to show off? "my bridge is longer than yours"

baqala-dweller has a point, i agree with him

Baqala-dweller, couldn't have said it any better. besides, they complain about the dying bay yet they will kill it wih the bridge and all the concrete columns they would have to build (unless it'sa suspension bridge which is very highly unlikely). The environtment is already disturbed with building thew Gulf Road, so I say give it a break :)

I have been saying this for a long time .. this bridge is stupid we must not build it .. we must have a gap between the two cities not join them together .. wela a certain head of something wants more money ?????

If this bridge is built, then whatever development happens on the other side of the [joun] will then only be an extension of the existing city, not a destination to somewhere new.
we all know the propensity of traffic accidents in kuwait. have you ever been on a causeway with a traffic accident before? i have, and it's really not fun.
also, are we so lazy that we can't drive 40 minutes to go somewhere? it's not like we're cutting a 5 hour journey into 3... i could understand that. but to save 10 or 15 minutes off the travel time, is it really worth spending all that money? OR are we just looking for another excuse to show off? "my bridge is longer than yours"

I totally agree. But, I ama fan of causeways. That is why I like it. In Qatar and Bahrain's case, the bridge will save about 5 hours of driving time. Plus, we won't pass though hostile territory (e7m e7m). ;) Maybe the importance of the City of Silk makes this bridge a nessessity. I am saying that the City of Silk makes this bridge a must-have. Still, driving 40 mintes to the other side is nothing. With all the traffic in Dubai, it sometimes takes an hour to go to Jumeirah from Sharjah.

Al-Humaidi requested recruit engineers from Hong Kong to take advantage of them in the building of a bridge Jaber Al-Ahmad. KUNA 23-11-2006

الحميدي يطلب انتداب مهندسين من هونغ كونغ للاستفادة منهم فى بناء جسر جابر الأحمد

هونج كونج - 23 - 11 (كونا) -- دعا وزير الاشغال العامة ووزير الدولة لشؤون الاسكان الكويتي بدر الحميدي في هونغ كونغ وزيرة البيئة والمواصلات والاشغال سارة لياو الى انتداب عدد من مهندسي ومستشاري وزارتها للاستعانة بهم فى مشروع جسر جابر الأحمد في الكويت.

وقال الحميدي لوكالة الانباء الكويتية (كونا) انه طلب خلال اجتماعه مع لياو اليوم الاستعانة بعدد من المهندسين والمستشارين فى المساحة وتخطيط وتصميم الجسور البحرية المعلقة تمهيدا للاستعانة بهم فى مشروع جسر الصبية لاسيما انهم سينفذون جسرا بحريا معلقا بطول 36 كيلومترا يمر فوق مياه ضحلة كما هي الحال فى مشروع جسر جابر الأحمد .

ووصف الحميدي لقاءه الوزيرة لياو ب"المثمر والمفيد" قائلا "انها استعرضت خطط الوزارة فى معالجة الازدحام المروري المتنامي والمتصاعد كما هي الحال فى الكويت".
وقال انه اطلع والوفد المرافق على مترو الانفاق في هونج كونج الذي يقدم خدماته المتميزة للركاب منذ افتتاح اول خط عام 1979.
يذكر ان شبكة المترو في هونج كونج تصل الى 51 محطة ويستخدم المترو يوميا 400ر2 مليون راكب ويعتبر المترو من افضل شبكات المترو على مستوى العالم من حيث طريقة التصميم والتسهيلات المتميزة المقدمة للركاب ومن اول شبكات المترو فى العالم استخداما للبطاقات الذكية.

وذكر الحميدي ان الشركة المسؤولة عن المترو تحاول الان تطوير شبكتها للتخفيف من معاناتهم للازدحام المروري لاسيما ان للمترو جزءا علويا على شكل جسر معلق يبلغ طوله 5ر1 كيلومتر مضيفا ان الوفد اطلع على التقنية الحديثة التي نفذ فيها هذا المشروع.

يذكر ان الجسر فى منطقة لانتو يعتبر سادس اطول جسر معلق على مستوى العالم وبلغت كلفة بنائه سبعة بلاديين و 200 مليون دولار هونج كونج وانتهى العمل به فى مايو عام 1997.

واضاف ان مهندسي وزارة الاشغال المرافقين استفادوا كثيرا من اطلاعهم على هذا المشروع لاسيما فى مجال المراحل الاولى لتنفيذ مترو الانفاق وحفر القنوات وقد وجهوا الكثير من الاسئلة فى هذا الخصوص لتحقيق اكبر فائدة ممكنة للاستفادة منها فى المشاريع المقرر تنفيذها فى الكويت.

Thanx bu Yusef ;) that really good, i like hong kong, hehe

Wow! A suspension bridge that's cool, with that we will be the first ME country that's have that's kind of bridge, i wish they build it :)

Thanks Bu Yusef

they are taking about this bridge, i think

http://static.flickr.com/115/262989100_f038a6b283_b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/107/263021184_7b4c5bc9d5.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/104/276245969_6070e75b0b.jpg

maybe a part of the bridge will be like this and the other and most part will be a causeway like bahrain and saudi causeway.... maybe still we have to see from the hong kong company ;p

inshall the subya bridge gets 2 be built in a unique way like this and even better inshalla

ahmedjam i forgot to ask you are those bridges in HongKong ?? in the photos

yes

Guys any news on this project? Is it another "Qatar-Bahrain Bridge project", where we hear a lot about how good it is, and how soon they are going to start, but they actually never do?

heheh,, walla we are still waiting ;p

lool,, but im sure we'll hear something like after january next year :lol:,, in jan the emir will put the first brick for bubiyan port so i think they'll do the bridge to connect it the port with the city ;p

heheh,, walla we are still waiting ;p

lool,, but im sure we'll hear something like after january next year :lol:,, in jan the emir will put the first brick for bubiyan port so i think they'll do the bridge to connect it the port with the city ;p

If they say January, they really mean December. Take it from me, never trust what they say. The QBF bridge was supposed to be completed by the Asian Games. Now, the Asian Games are history and the they are waiting for the starting time.

LOOOOOOOL ,, its ok
it seems you and me are both used to their BS :lol:

inshalla it will be constructed as soon as possible :)

مناقصة جسر الصبية تتأخر إلى نهاية 2007
سيتأخر طرح المناقصة لتصميم وبناء جسر الصبية، الذي تقدر تكلفته بين 1.500 مليون دولار اميركي ومليوني دولار، حتى نهاية العام الحالي كحد ادنى، بعدما فرضت قضايا بيئية وتعديلات في المخطط مراجعات للتصميم.
ويقول روبرت اوثوات من شركة «كوي» الدنماركية، استشاري المشروع، انه «بسبب تلك التعديلات، يستبعد ان يتم طرح المناقصة قبل نهاية العام الحالي او بداية 2008، ولن تبدأ اعمال البناء قبل العام 2009 على الاقل».

BAD news

IT'S Like forever in Kuwait

GOOD at least we will have a bridge that it will complete in 2013

^^ lame wallah,

than we will have the SILK CITY, that it first phase will be completed by 2019, after the bridge get completed "akeed" aka for sure

personally I will be 32, inshallah inshofa bel7a8e8a

^^ this bridge was supposed to have started last month :ohno:

if they start in 2009, it will be completed in 2012!!!

i hope they don't wait for this to finish to start silk city just cuz it's easier to take the supplies straight across kuwait bay :nuts:

KUWAIT THAT'S HOW WE WORK, GOD HELP US, LOL :lol:

u guys, this project was supposed 2 start from the mid 80s, and now they just keep delaying it believe me it will take 4ever 2 do this stuff in q8, it's all cuz of corruption

ان جسر جابر الأحمد ومدينة الحرير كانا سيريان النور، لا سيما بتوجيهات سمو الأمير الراحل المغفور له الشيخ جابر الأحمد، ولكن الاصطدام كان من الجهات البيئية التي كانت لها رؤية مخالفة، لأن تحديد مسار الجسر ليس من اختصاصات الاشغال بل هو من اختصاصات البلدية والمجلس البلدي

هناك خلاف بين وزارتي الأشغال والبلدية فيما يخص جسرجابر الأحمد ومدينة الصبية، فما حل المشكلة؟
- كان يجب ان يرى هذا المشروع النور بعد توجيهات المغفور له الأمير الراحل الشيخ جابر الاحمد الصباح، حيث عاصر هذا الموضوع في فترة ما قبل الغزو مع سمو الأمير الراحل الذي أبدى رأيه في ذلك، فاتضح ان المختصين في البيئة يعارضون ذلك الامر من خلال تغير تيارات الماء والثروة السمكية، عندما تكون نهاية الجسر مع شارع الغزالي، فمسار الجسر ليس من اختصاصات الاشغال بل من اختصاصات البلدية والمجلس البلدي فهو الذي يختار التصميم وتعديله، حيث ان المستشار السابق للمشروع اختار الغزالي ثم الدائري الأول ثم الدائري الثاني، وفي النهاية تم اختيار شارع الغزالي، مؤكدا ان ما يعجل المشروع لانجازه هو مدينة الحرير التي تدعمها جهات عامة من الحكومة

ya, and thats the problem drag-race, because the environment in q8 is already poluted so dont blame them to be worried, but still, they have to finish their work with it quickly so that the project can be done as soon as possible

The tender for the contract to design and build the estimated $1,500 million-2,000 million Subiya causeway is to be delayed until the end of the year at the earliest, after environmental issues and planning changes forced revisions to the design.


“Because of these changes the tender is unlikely to be issued until year-end or early 2008, and construction will not be able to start until 2009 at least,” says Robert Uthwatt of Denmark’s COWI, the consultant on the project (MEED 9:6:06).


Although the prequalification shortlist for the 37-kilometre-long causeway was issued in May last year, the tender was held up by an Environment Public Authority (EPA) report which claimed that more work was required on the project to avoid marine damage to the Bay of Kuwait.


The client, the Ministry of Public Works, has accepted the points raised by the EPA, but these will require several design changes, including a lengthening of the main bridge span and raising of the supporting piers.


Other factors contributing to the delay include a planned increase in shipping freight to Doha port and upgrades to the road network around Shuwaikh port where the causeway will start.


The story of the Subiya causeway encapsulates many of the issues surrounding public sector infrastructure development in the state.


A lack of central planning, bureaucracy and excessive regulations have meant that the project has stopped and started several times since it was initiated five years ago.


www.meed.com

wow thnx 4 the update skoli, let's just that they'll do the project on time :)

so work will start in 09 or 2010. how long will it take to complete?

any news on hareer?

Why don't they build a reef underwater around the pillars. In a bridge linking Denmark with Sweden a reef or a habitat for many creatures was formed around the pillars.

Jaber Bridge

http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g179/F9y/Jaberbridge.jpg

i'm really sorry to say this, but if this project gets built, our environment is going to suffer drastically. once, the plan was to extend the land at either side of the opening of the joun to minimize the travel distance above water, further blocking the circulation of water from the already slow-moving currents of the gulf. this will interfere with the breeding grounds of quite a few species of fish. if they do construct this bridge, i seriously hope they respect the existing land barriers.
come on guys, wake up. let's not be blinded by the shining lights of development for the sake of development. let's stop kidding ourselves. this type of project, along with the nonsense developments they plan for the "city of silk" are pure marketing hype. there is no need for this bridge, as the highway and rail network going around the joun really satisfies the needs of connection.
i'm fed up of being nice about this topic. we are seriously going to damage the already fragile environment. do we not care about the future of kuwait? the future of our kids? if we just want to satisfy our egos, well, then we deserve what we get.

i agree with u man, but beleive me, it's not like they're gonna stop the project or anything, a way or the other the bridge will be built, and thing in the joun r gonna get alot worse

The project has been delayed for this exact reason. It has been delayed so that the bridge would cause the least amount of harm possible to the environment.

from what i've seen and heard, the environmental assessment was a joke when it was being conducted. we have bridges all over the world, in very sensitive environments. and some of them do work, but with our track record (turning our beach into concrete, killing many fish; the placement of the shuwaikh port, blocking the movement of the seawater, making the whole area stink; refusing to treat sewage water before pumping it to sea)... i just don't think the environmental consciousness is part of the decision making process, and that scares the hell out of me.

Length of 36 km .. And the cost of 600 million dinars

'Technical' approved course of the bridge Jaber Al-Ahmad from Al-Ghazali

The Chairman of the Committee Adel Al-Khorafi told reporters that the members agreed to adopt the track B1 to be the path Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Bridge, which connects the city from Al-Ghazali to Subiya City with distance of 36 kilometers and a cost of up to 600 million dinars....

Alqabas (http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Final/NewspaperWebsite/NewspaperPublic/ArticlePage.aspx?ArticleID=329472)

i'm really sorry to say this, but if this project gets built, our environment is going to suffer drastically. once, the plan was to extend the land at either side of the opening of the joun to minimize the travel distance above water, further blocking the circulation of water from the already slow-moving currents of the gulf. this will interfere with the breeding grounds of quite a few species of fish. if they do construct this bridge, i seriously hope they respect the existing land barriers.
come on guys, wake up. let's not be blinded by the shining lights of development for the sake of development. let's stop kidding ourselves. this type of project, along with the nonsense developments they plan for the "city of silk" are pure marketing hype. there is no need for this bridge, as the highway and rail network going around the joun really satisfies the needs of connection.
i'm fed up of being nice about this topic. we are seriously going to damage the already fragile environment. do we not care about the future of kuwait? the future of our kids? if we just want to satisfy our egos, well, then we deserve what we get.


Of course baqala_dweller they will have to put embankments and reclaim someof the land at either side or in the middle since the Arabian Gulf is shallower, especially in the Kuwait Bay--where the maximum depth is 10 meters--and the average is about 5 meters! Although it might damage some environment there are ways to protect the flow of water:

1. there could be openings in the embankments themselves to allow for fish and water circulation
2. after doing an environemental study, engineers can figure out the areas where the current is strongest over time, and this embankments can be avoided at these areas.
3. Alternating between embankments and bridges in the most effient way can save costs without nessessary causing much damage to the enviroment.
4. This project can have a minimal effect on the envrionement and there were studies done on this area by COWI in the past. I suggest you take a look at them :)

Bids for the latest design of the 36-kilometre Subiya Causeway connecting Kuwait City with Subiya could be called for by the end of the summer, according to the consultant on the project.


Mohamed Ali, regional director for Denmark's Cowi, made the announcement while speaking at MEED's Kuwait Conference 2008 on 5 February. The contract had previously been expected by the end of 2007

"We hope to finish the final design within six months and expect to start the prequalification or tendering process before September," says Ali.

In January, the cabinet approved a revised plan for the causeway to restore its original planned height to 23 metres. Under the previous plan, the height of the causeway had been raised to 60 metres to allow large vessels traveling to and from Doha port to pass under it. ( :bash: )

It will take about four months to change the causeway's design to comply with the new directions. It is not clear what impact the lower causeway will have on port traffic.

Ali said that the budget for the project was now KD600m ($2.2bn) and the work will take three years to complete.

The multi-billion dollar project has been delayed for more than four years, due to environmental concerns and a series of design alterations

Ali said that a new prequalification process for the scheme may be required, as nearly two years had passed since the original shortlist of eight international consortiums was announced, and it was not clear if the original groupings still stood


http://www.meed.com/news/2008/02/bids_for_subiya_causeway_due_by_september.html

but why did they reduce the height?:ohno: wud have been awesome if it wuz 60 meters...

Subiya Causeway (Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Causeway)
March 2008

Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope of work: The work includes the design and construction of a 36 km causeway across the Bay of Kuwait connecting Shuwaikh Port/Ghazali Expressway with the Subiya New Town Development. A three km elevated road through the Shuwaikh Port area, an interchange north of Shuwaikh Port, 27 km low-level bridge across the bay, a main bridge with a span of 150-200 m, a 25-hectare transition island developed towards Subiya for maintenance and emergency services and a five km approach road onshore in Subiyah are included in the project. The causeway will have three lanes plus an emergency lane in both directions.

Update: It is understood that construction work is expected to start in second quarter of 2008.

www.gulfconstructionworldwide.com

im glad this project is pullin thru but itz disappointing to know dat itz gonna be jaz 23 meters in height as opposed to 60 metres.
:ohno: why did dey ever go bac to the original plan.....hmpf.....

im glad this project is pullin thru but itz disappointing to know dat itz gonna be jaz 23 meters in height as opposed to 60 metres.
:ohno: why did dey ever go bac to the original plan.....hmpf.....

MAN....!
can you write in english? please??

MAN....!
can you write in english? please??

sorry about that...:sly: when i dont have much time..i tend to jot down in the shortest forms possible.....

what i meat was that.....im glad that this project is pulling through but its disappointing to now that it's just going to 23 metres in height as oppossed to 60 metres proposed by the redisigning....i wonder why they reverted back to the original shorter plan..it would have looked monstrous n would have been able to allow bigger ships to pass under......

hi all .... i dont belive that ministry of public works will start construction soon ... let us say .... maybe also ... after 100 years .

Subiya Causeway (Shaikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah Causeway)
May 2008

Owner: Kuwait Ministry of Public Works (MPW)
Budget: $1.5 billion
Scope of work: The scope of work includes the design and construction of a 36-km causeway across the Bay of Kuwait connecting Shuwaikh Port/Ghazali Expressway with the Subiya New Town Development. A 3-km elevated road through the Shuwaikh Port area, an interchange north of Shuwaikh Port, a 27-km low-level bridge across the bay, a main bridge with a span of 150 to 200 m, a 25-hectare transit island developed towards Subiya for maintenance and emergency services and five km approach road onshore in Subiyah are included in the causeway project. The causeway will have three lanes plus an emergency lane in both directions.
Update: Sources indicated that Kuwait MPW has got all the acceptances from many ministries to achieve the project except Kuwait Oil Company because the bridge route is against its gas lines.

ww.gulfconstructionworldwide.com

lol,, there must be someone or something against a project in kuwait

Hello, I have recently been to KOC Showroom and they've got a map of kuwait with all the oil and gas fields. And between the kuwait towers and Souq Sharq there is a huge oil reservoir in the sea. , and the guide said that we recently discovered this reserve and KOC is planning to leave it for future generations.
Maybe thats why permission from KOC is not yet taken? i mean from the looks of it that spot ( between the towers and souq sharq) looks like where would the entrance to the bridge will be, yet again, im not entirely sure of this.
any thoughts on this ??????????????????????/:|

Last I heard was that the bridge will start off at the Ghazali bridge. Therefore this oil reservoir should not affect the building of this bridge.

well they started the construction already
I will be posting pictures of the construction soon :)

they did??? what r ur sources my friend al nassar, i didn't hear the minister of public works say anything about that. what i know is that they're still waiting 4 the response from the KU studies 4 the environmental part of the project, and also there's another report coming from KOC

pictures ;)
I'm going to the site this week end and i'll be posting some pics

they did??? what r ur sources my friend al nassar, i didn't hear the minister of public works say anything about that. what i know is that they're still waiting 4 the response from the KU studies 4 the environmental part of the project, and also there's another report coming from KOC

lol , environment, in kuwait thats the last they look at. i mean if tourists come theyre not gonna say ooo look wat a nice blue sea, or wat lovely sand,
theyre gonna say ooo wat a magnificent gargantuan bridge, well thats how i imagine it lol:lol:

«Public Works» exceeded the demands of the "environment" and its beginning to work on the bidding.

Public Works Ministry is implementing Jaber Bridge after it obtained the approval of the Environment, added amendments to it .. Bringing the project ready for its bidding process....

Article (http://www.alwatan.com.kw/ArticleView/tabid/204/Default.aspx?article_id=445913)

The Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs FadhIl Safar is scheduled to sign today (Thursday, january 22) two separate contracts for the construction of the Jaber Bridge :banana:and the Um AlـHaimaan Sewage Treatment Station.
The signing ceremony will be held in the attendance of the companies in charge of implementing the projects following the finalization of tender procedures.

- Al-Watan Daily (http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=716726&pageId=471)

though i still wanted them to increase the height back to the original....

thanks danny :D

طرح جسر الصبية للتنفيذ نهاية الجاري

أكد وزير الأشغال ووزير الدولة لشؤون البلدية د.فاضل صفر ان جسر الصبية سيطرح نهاية أغسطس الجاري للتنفيذ.

is the causeway already under construction??? i thought this is still under design and tender won't be out until end of 2009???

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the construction will start in the end of august

its 28th any news yet am statring to worry:ohno:

:....All obstacles have been cleared that lay in the way of building the Sheikh Jaber Bridge which will link Kuwait City to Subiya in the north and the project will be up for execution in December....."
- Al-watan Daily (http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=794633&pageId=471)

Finally :D

Im not sure how the Kuwaitis feel about IF they are actually going to start this project or not? Here in Qatar and Bahrain every 3 months they mention the Qatar-Bahrain brige is in design phase, or either going to start within a few months! Of course it didnt even close to starting. LOL

he pointed out, while a labor city is due to be completed in May 2010 and another in Sept. 2001.
WOW big typo

The Ministry of Public Works has successfully completed the first phase of the revamp of the Subiyah Causeway, at a cost of 29 million Kuwaiti dinars.
http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Data/site12/News/Issues200911/alo12-110209.pc.jpg
Director of the Ministry''s Highway Laying Department, Ahmad AlـBahar, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the project comprises five bridges at a total length of 23.3 kilometers, with three lanes in each direction.
The project also includes rainwater manholes, as well as communications and electricity pipelines, which he said were laid in cooperation with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).
Lighting, bridges, traffic signs and greenery are all in place, AlـBahar said.
As for phase 2, which will be completed in two weeks, he explained that involved 22 kilometers at a cost of KD 22.5 million.
This causeway is expected to witness greater traffic with the establishment of Subiya City, as well as trucks traveling to and from Boubyan Port.
- Al-Watan Daily (http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=810826&pageId=473)

- Skouli, plz change the thread title to #UNDER C :)

danny....correct me if i'm wrong but i think they meant the bridge connecting subiya area to the bubyan island

يختصر المسافة إلى الصبية حتى 37كم وتكلفته تتجاوز 200 مليون دينار
13/11/2009


علمت «الوطن» بان وزارة الأشغال العامة قامت بمخاطبة لجنة المناقصات المركزية لطرح مشروع جسر الشيخ جابر «وصلة الصبية» وهي الجزء الرئيسي من المشروع، والبالغ طولها 37 كم منها 32 كم داخل البحر.

وقال مصدر مسؤول في وزارة الأشغال، ان الوزارة حددت فترة 6 شهور للمقاولين لدراسة المشروع وتقديم العطاءات ومن ثم دراستها من قبل الوزارة واختيار المقاول الأقل سعرا والأفضل عرضا من الناحية الفنية، لافتا الى ان التكلفة المتوقعة للمشروع قد تزيد على 200 مليون دينار.

واوضح المصدر ان مشروع جسر الشيخ جابر الاحمد الصباح سيساعد على تخفيف حدة الاختناقات المرورية في منطقة الشويخ وتسهيل حركة السير وتنقل الشاحنات من ميناء الشويخ الى مناطق باتجاه الغرب والشرق والجنوب عن طريق استخدام طريق الدوحة، مشيرا الى ان المشروع يهدف الى اختصار المسافة من مدينة الكويت الى مدينة الصبية حتى 37.5 كم بدلا من 104 كم.

واضاف، المشروع يشتمل على انشاء جسر بحري بطول 37 كم ونصف كم تقريبا يعبر جون الكويت ويبدأ من تقاطع طريق الغزالي السريع مع طريق ميناء الشويخ وصولا حتى طريق الصبية السريع.

لافتا الى ان هناك جسر وصلة الدوحة «وهو تحت التصميم» ويشمل انشاء جسر بحري وطريقاً بطول 16 كم تقريبا يعبر جون الكويت باتجاه الغرب مارا بجزيرة ام النمل حتى رأس عشيرج ومن ثم الى طريق وصلة الدوحة.

واشار الى ان مكونات المشروع تشمل اعمال تصميم وبناء جسرين بحريين جسر وصلة الصبية الجسر الرئيسي وجسر وصلة الدوحة، الا ان المشروع الذي سيتم طرحه يشمل الوصلة الرئيسية فقط.

واكد ان مشروع الجسر سيشمل انشاء جزيرتين اصطناعيتين (شمالية وجنوبية) بمساحة 30 هكتارا تقريبا لكل جزيرة وتحتوي كل منهما على مبان لخدمات المرور والطوارئ والجهات المختصة لمراقبة صيانة الجسر ومحطة للتزود بالوقود ومرسى للقوارب.

www.alwatan.com.kw

danny....correct me if i'm wrong but i think they meant the bridge connecting subiya area to the bubyan island

oh yeah probably so.. my bad.

The Ministry of Public Works is due to present the Jaber Bridge tender tomorrow, a source close to the ministry revealed, adding that the project is expected to cost approximately 700 million Kuwaiti dinars.
The source further intimated that an extensive meeting took place involving the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Minister of State for State for Housing Affairs Sheikh Ahmad AlـFahad, and the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Dr Fadhil Safar as well as the Chairman of the Central Tenders Committee Ahmad AlـKulaib. Other officials in attendance reportedly included the Assistant Undersecretary at the Ministry of Public Works Engineer Abdulaziz AlـKulaib, as well as the Assistant Undersecretary for Documents and Contracts Talal AlـOzniyeg.
The high profile meeting was reportedly aimed at thrashing out a proper mechanism for inviting bidders for the design and execution of Sheikh Jaber Bridge following the rift that occurred between the ministry and the committee.
"During the meeting, it was agreed that the project be tendered and announced in the official gazette on Monday," the source disclosed, adding that the ministry was to send tender documents to the eight groups that had previously qualified.
He indicated that the tender will last for 6 months to settle on the qualifiers, saying that the project is due to cost 650 - 700 million dinars, while the design and the execution of the project is due to complete in 5 months.
According to our sources, the ministry has qualified 8 groups, with each comprised of 3 to 4 contractors, and adding that 4 other groups have decided not to carry on tender procedures.

- Al-Watan Daily (http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=829974&pageId=473)

Guys this was tendered today - nearly four years after prequalification.

Check MEED for more details

Im not sure how the Kuwaitis feel about IF they are actually going to start this project or not? Here in Qatar and Bahrain every 3 months they mention the Qatar-Bahrain brige is in design phase, or either going to start within a few months! Of course it didnt even close to starting. LOL

Offtopic : But detailed design & preconstruction pricing has already been submitted to the Client.

The delay occured due to the Client including an integrated rail connection on the causeway, which again keeping in mind of the GCC train links was a correct thing to do.

وزير الأشغال فتح مظاريف مشروع جسر جابر 8 يوليو المقبل

أعلن وزير الأشغال العامة ووزير الدولة لشؤون البلدية د. فاضل صفر ان وزارة الأشغال مقبلة على مرحلة حافلة من طرح وإنجاز وتنفيذ مجموعة من المشاريع المتعلقة بتطوير البنى التحتية في الدولة، إضافة إلى المشاريع الحيوية الأخرى. جاء ذلك في تصريح صحفي عقب توقيعه أمس اتفاقيتين و4 عقود لمشاريع هندسة الطرق وقطاع المشاريع الإنشائية بقيمة تصل إلى 31 مليون دينار.
وكشف صفر عن قيام الوزارة بطرح مشروع جسر الشيخ جابر بالتنسبق مع لجنة المناقصات المركزية، معلناً ان اللجنة حددت موعداً لفتح مظاريف المشروع في 8 يوليو المقبل، مشيراً إلى مضي الوزارة في تنفيذ مشروع مستشفى جابر بعد إصدار أمر تكليف عمل للمقاول المنفذ بإشراف مهندسي الوزارة.

www.alqabas.com.kw

http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Data/site12/News/Issues201002/alo10-021010.pc.jpg
Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad AlـSubaih has approved the perimeter assigned to the new bridge Jaber AlـAhmad Bridge. AlـSubaih said that the project, after certain amendments in terms of grids and data, would be ready for the Ministry of Public Works.
The bridge will start from AlـGhazali Street in Shuwaikh and end at the AlـSabiya crossroads.
- Al-Watan daily (http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=839881&pageId=473)

The Ministry of Public Works is moving towards a phase of infrastructure development projects, and some of these projects are already underway, said Assistant Undersecretary for Road Engineering Affairs Hussain AlـMansour on Saturday.
http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Data/site12/News/Issues201003/alo10-030710.pc.jpg
Speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), he said that the ministry was already working to improve the First Ring Road, Jamal Abdulnasser Street, Jahra Street, and several other main intersections.
He explained that the ministry, in coordination with the Central Tenders Committee, would be placing the Sheikh Jaber AlـAhmad Bridge project up for bids, revealing that bid envelopes would be opened on July 8.

About the Sheikh Jaber AlـAhmad Bridge, the assistant undersecretary said that the project included designing and constructing two sea bridges ـ one linked to Subbiyah (main bridge) and the other linked to Doha.
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/Portals/0/Images/2010/mar/1marmain2.jpg
He noted that the main bridge linked to Subbiyah would be built over the sea at a length of approximately 37.5 km. It will begin at the intersection of Ghazali Street with Jamal Abdulnasser Street, passing through Kuwait Bay in the northern direction, and end at Subbiyah Highway.
AlـMansour explained that the aim of this project was to cut short the distance between Kuwait City and Subbiyah City from 104 km to only 37.5 km, especially as there were plans for Subbiyah City to become home to some 750, 000 people in the future.

As for the bridge linked to Doha, he said that this would also be built over the sea, stretching around 16 km, passing through Kuwait Bay towards the west, passing through the island of Umm AlـNamil, up to Ras Ashairij, and then to the Doha Highway. The official also noted that this project would help reduce road congestions in Shuwaikh and along Ghazali Road, as large trucks exiting from Shuwaikh Port would be using the new bridge instead.

AlـMansour went on to say that the project would include two manـmade islands, one of the northern side and the other on the southern side of the bridge, each measuring 30 hectares. These will house buildings for traffic emergency, maintenance, fueling stations and boat docks.

- Al -watan daily (http://alwatandaily.alwatan.com.kw/Default.aspx?MgDid=843601&pageId=473)

Fear is dominating the mood of the Road Sector in the Ministry of Public Works because of the possible delay in the process of opening envelopes to design, construct and execute the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah main bridge (Al-Subaiya connection) project.
Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Dr. Fadhil Safar had earlier announced that the tender envelopes would be opened on June 8, 2010 but due to withdrawals and the entry of new contractors, the tenders could be delayed for 6 more months.

A reliable source at the Road Sector told Al Watan that the ministry had qualified 8 groups of contractors but four of them had withdrawn from the tender,
while one of the leading officials in the ministry used his influence to list another specific group of contractors despite the refusal of the tender's consultant who explained that his group was not qualified and did not have the required experience according to tender's specifications and standards. :bash:
The source added that other officials in the ministry were confused about approving one group that included an international contractor, who had failed to execute a bridge costing 3 percent of the Sheikh Jaber project, which resulted in the death of 46 people in India, when the bridge collapsed while under construction. :ohno:
The ministry had earlier announced that the cost of this project could reach 250 million Kuwaiti dinars, but due to delays and the increasing price of construction materials, the cost might jump to KD 1 billion.

- Al-Watan Daily (http://www.alwatandaily.com/resources/pdf/739/2.pdf)

It appears that the frequent delay of offerings the design and execution of Jaber Al-Ahmed Bridge project continues unabated. Tender envelopes were initially supposed to be disclosed on June 8th only to be delayed till August by the Ministry of Public Works. Once again, it sent a request to the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) for another rescheduling. It reportedly asked that the tender envelopes be disclosed next October, with the prospect of a further delay remaining.
An official source at the ministry disclosed that the ministry has decided to postpone the process due to the qualification process. He added that frequent withdrawals on the part of certain bidders, in addition to the CTD's eagerness to broaden participations to ensure more competitiveness, have equally contributed to the postponement. The official explained that companies that are unwilling to bid for the contracts have been replaced with others.
The development of Subiyya is one of the key strategic projects. It has been reported that His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah is personally keen on the project, particularly the only road that links Kuwait City with Subiyya is 104 km. Therefore it was deemed fit that a short cut 37.5 long road be constructed. It's known as the "Sheikh Jaber Bridge."
The Ministry of Public Works, in 2002, conducted a study and planning of the road as well as the estimate cost. Studies were conducted regarding corrosion, sea movement as well as geographical surveys, among others.
The project also includes the creation of two artificial islands over an area of 30 hectares each, among several other facilities.
Earlier, the ministry announced a comprehensive mechanism for the execution of the project since the beginning of 2005, with 2011 set for its completion. Although, the Cabinet approved the project in April 2006, the tender has not been sealed yet.

- Al-Watan daily (http://www.alwatandaily.com/resources/pdf/816/2.pdf)

A group led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. made the lowest bid to design, build, operate and maintain a bridge in Kuwait, one of the country’s biggest infrastructure projects, the Central Tenders Committee said.

The group offered to carry out the project to build the Jaber Al-Ahmad bridge for 738.8 million dinars ($2.6 billion), the committee announced on its website today.

Competing bidders for the project included Saudi Binladin Group with 805 million dinars, and Australia’s Leighton Holdings Ltd. with 807.3 million dinars, the state news agency KUNA reported today. The government will study the offers and make recommendations, according to KUNA.

The bridge will span 37 kilometers (23 miles), mostly across water, and take five years to build, Hussein Mansour, assistant undersecretary for road affairs at the Public Works Ministry, told a conference today in Kuwait. The causeway will link the mainland to Subbiya in the north, where a Silk City is planned as part of a 30.8 billion-dinar development project.

- Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-11/hyundai-engineering-led-group-bids-2-6-billion-for-kuwaiti-bridge-project.html)

i saw an excavation near the catholic church in the city looked pretty like the foundation for a bridge pier. is there any extention from the 5th ring road project near sheraton circle?

wow, it is a nice idea to have the bridge connected to the first ring road !! better than Al Ghazali

Finally, the first sign of bringing life to the north of Kuwait. :D

الشهر الياي التوقيع على مشروع الجسر ان شاءالله
أعتقد في اليوم الوطني 25 فبراير حسب ماصرح الوزير فاضل صفر

About the Sheikh Jaber AlـAhmad Bridge, the assistant undersecretary said that the project included designing and constructing two sea bridges ـ one linked to Subbiyah (main bridge) and the other linked to Doha.
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/Portals/0/Images/2010/mar/1marmain2.jpg

As for the bridge linked to Doha, he said that this would also be built over the sea, stretching around 16 km, passing through Kuwait Bay towards the west, passing through the island of Umm AlـNamil, up to Ras Ashairij, and then to the Doha Highway. ]

Ironically, the Qatar Bahrain Bridge starts at Ras Asairij in Qatari to Bahrain. LOL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQ5aeXxEzE

^^ nice video so will it be beginning soon?

Contractors are still waiting for the government to approve the main construction contract on the estimated $2.6bn Subiya causeway in Kuwait.

Kuwait's Central Tenders Committee (CTC) approved the $2.6bn low bid from a consortium headed by South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company in February 2011 after receiving bids from firms in October 2010. CTC approval is normally the final step before a formal contract award is made in Kuwait.

http://business.highbeam.com/409213/article-1G1-288173919/ministry-yet-award-subiya-causeway

شركة سعودية طورت التصميم
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4kxIzwnwA0

ميد: الكويت في المراحل النهائية لتوقيع عقد جسر جابر
http://alwatan.kuwait.tt/resources/media/images/2012/5/204836_e.png

قالت مجلة «ميد» ان الكويت اصبحت في المرحلة النهائية من توقيع عقد جسر جابر المقدرة تكلفته بنحو 720 مليون دينار او 2.6 مليار دولار، الذي يربط منطقة الصبية بمدينة الكويت.
ونسبت المجلة الى مدير ادارة التخطيط الرئيسية في بلدية الكويت سعد سعود المحيلبي قوله في مؤتمر انشاءات العالم العربي ان المشروع اصبح على مسافة قريبة من مرحلة الترسية، وان الحكومة عاقدة العزم على اقرار ترسية المشروع في اقرب وقت ممكن.
واشارت «ميد» الى ان لجنة المناقصات المركزية كانت وافقت على عرض قيمته 2.6 مليار دولار مقدم من تحالف برئاسة شركة هيونداي الكورية الجنوبية للهندسة والانشاءات في شهر فبراير من العام الماضي لتنفيذ مشروع ببناء الجسر، وذلك بعد ان تم فض مظاريف العطاءات في اكتوبر عام 2010، على انه بعد مرور اكثر من سنة على موافقة لجنة المناقصات المركزية، الا ان العقد لم تتم ترسيته بعد.
واشارت «ميد» الى ان هذا المشروع واجه حالات تاخير عديدة منذ ان طرحت المناقصة الخاصة به للمرة الاولى عام 2006، وقد تكرر تاجيل مشروع الجسر الذي عرف باسم الشيخ جابر الاحمد الصباح بسبب اجراء تعديلات على التصميمات الخاصة بالمشروع بهدف تمكين البواخر الكبرى من العبور تحته، فضلا عن الرغبة في تحاشي أي اضرار بيئية.وقد اعادت وزارة الاشغال العامة صاحبة المشروع فتح باب التاهيل من جديد للمقاولين في عام 2010.