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There is a proposal to transform Salem AlMubarak Street into a pedestrian street. The project will change the routes of traffic and car parks will be built too. A Meeting will be held to discuss the project with the owners of real estate in Salem Al Mubarak St.

That is indded a good decision.. Traffic is too much on this street on week days

that should have been done long time ago , any way late better than never ;) :cheers:

i need to know the start date of the project !!

Inshallah they approve it

The meeting with the owners of property on Salem Al Mubarek St. will be held within the next two weeks :)

Good to know Mr.Dubliner

The meeting with the owners of property on Salem Al Mubarek St. will be held within the next two weeks :)

The meeting was held today and they decided to form a committee of five owners so that they can put ideas forward to the designers.
The street is 5 km long and is seperated at some parts, so transforming the street has to be thought over thoroughly.

Many ideas were discussed some of which were to convert the street completely into a pedestrian street, to form a kind of tram to connect the the entire street, to construct underground parking and to construct a kind of cable car (telefrique) to connect the street together.

So I guess this render is for the cable car.
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I think tram is better than cable car.

I think tram is better than cable car.

Yeah me too. I also think that making a central square is also a good idea :)

any news !!!

This was posted earlier talking about the fate of this project :)

بعد تقديم جميع الجهات تصوراتها
مشروع شارع سالم المبارك الى المكاتب الهندسية قريبا


11/06/2006
أوصى فريق عمل تطوير شارع سالم المبارك المنبثق من لجنة محافظة حولي في المجلس البلدي بوضع تصور من جميع الجهات الحكومية، واتحاد ملاك العقارات لتقديمه في الاجتماع التالي، والذي سيعقد يوم السبت المقبل عن تطوير الشارع.
وقالت رئيسة اللجنة الشيخة فاطمة الصباح انه بعد ورود هذه التصورات سيتم وضعها في كراسة الشروط للمشروع ليتم على اساسها طرح المشروع على المكاتب الاستشارية خلال الفترة الصيفية للاتفاق بعد ذلك على آلية الطرح والتنفيذ.
وتوقعت الصباح ان يتم طرح المشروع على المكاتب الهندسية خلال الفترة القصيرة المقبلة لسرعة انجاز التصاميم وتقديمها بعد اجازة المجلس البلدي الصيفية.
وكشفت الصباح انه سيتم عمل مسابقة مفتوحة للمكاتب الهندسية لتقديم افضل التصورات لهذا المشروع ليتم بعدها اختيار افضل المكاتب.
وأعربت الصباح عن اسفها لغياب الجهاز الفني في البلدية عن حضور الاجتماع رغم ارسال الدعوات الاسبوع الماضي داعية جهاز البلدية الى التعاون مع لجان المجلس البلدي من خلال الحضور والمشاركة في النقاش وخصوصا ان ما يتم مناقشته من المشاريع الكبرى والمهمة في البلاد.

This was posted earlier talking about the fate of this project :)



This project was supposed to be done about 40 years ago.


If there are all these conglomerites involved - there is about 0.000000000000000000001 % chance it will ever happen - despite what any paper or report may say.

This project was supposed to be done about 40 years ago.


If there are all these conglomerites involved - there is about 0.000000000000000000001 % chance it will ever happen - despite what any paper or report may say.

Do you know why this project was stopped 40 years ago ? It was stopped because the property owners of that street did not agree on the design of the development at that time.

This time the Hawalli governote's municipalty has worked extra hard with the owners so that all their ideas could be chanelled across to the designers, so that a final design could be produced which would please all of those who are involved in this project.

Do you know why this project was stopped 40 years ago ? It was stopped because the property owners of that street did not agree on the design of the development at that time.

This time the Hawalli governote's municipalty has worked extra hard with the owners so that all their ideas could be chanelled across to the designers, so that a final design could be produced which would please all of those who are involved in this project.


Let's hope this is true. I think it would be good for the area.

But how will this affect the traffic on Gulf Road? Goodness knows it's a already a nitemare on a weekend - so what about when they take away another channel or through road?

Here they do it without even asking :lol:

Finally!!! The should so change it into a walking street. A tram should be used. Alot of trees for shade ofcourse and PLEASE no conacarpus (or however you spell it) it's ugly! و الحين ابي اعرف المواقف وين؟ كأن ماكو اراضي فاضية خلف المجمعات؟

the land behind laila gallery is good for a huge multi storey parking lot :)

I'm sure that the government, muncipility, engineers, and all project owners know of somthing called multi-storey parking lot, but the problem is that it's EXPENSIVE. VERY EXPENSIVE.

Anyway, I've never heard of turning Salem Al-Mubarak Street into a pedestrian street, and it's a great idea. Hope it happens soon.

Dubliner, what's the point of transforming it into a pedestrian street ?
like kuwaties are really interested in walking. :sleepy:

Dubliner, what's the point of transforming it into a pedestrian street ?
like kuwaties are really interested in walking. :sleepy:




Perhaps they would be more interested if it was available? The slew of Kuwaiti's who enjoy walking around Edgeware Road / Oxford Street and Downtown Beirut each summer is there for everyone to see.

Beirut downtown in the middle of Salmiya....sounds like a good plan to me.....except of course in the summer.

RCSI has a point, no offence, but most kuwaities are well known for their laziness, and they tend to go everywhere and anywhere by car, they never think of using their feet.

someone remind me again, What is the prevalence of obesity in kuwait ?

RCSI has a point, no offence, but most kuwaities are well known for their laziness, and they tend to go everywhere and anywhere by car, they never think of using their feet.

someone remind me again, What is the prevalence of obesity in kuwait ?


Last I heard, in some official survey....We Kuwaiti's were apparently the most obese nation on the planet!!! No joke

Hip Hip Hooooraaahhhh

Last I heard, in some official survey....We Kuwaiti's were apparently the most obese nation on the planet!!! No joke

Hip Hip Hooooraaahhhh

I came across a similar survey which ranked Kuwait as the second most obese nation in the world but that was dated in 1994. Recent surveys show that Kuwait is now further down on that scale as countries like the US have surpassed us.

Kuwaitis have become so obese due to them adopting the western lifestyle (I think calling it the American lifestyle would have been better ;)). I mean if you see any of the pics of Kuwait in the seventies and see any of the Kuwaiti women back then, you would see how almost all the women were skinny. I mean back in that time a weight of 50 Kg for a woman was considered overweight !

I agree with Legend on the fact that Kuwaitis love to walk so I think that this project is a good step to helping obese people lose that extra weight.

30,000 KD prize set for winning design of Salmiya project

KUWAIT, June 24 (KUNA)

The Salem al Mubarak Development Project Team is reviewing detailed studies aimed at transfering the Salmiya area into an attractive touristic and commercial zone.

Municipal Council member Sheikha Fatima al Sabah, who heads the team, said following a meeting that the studies would take into consideration the area's commercial and touristic nature.

She said the project would be divided into four sectors stretching on a five-square-kilometer area. Stretching along the Arab Gulf street, the project would cover main streets of the Salmiya area, where the country's most attractive malls and commercial complexes, hotels and restaurants are located.

A Kuwaiti Dinar 30,000 (some USD 100,000 dollars) prize was set for the winning design, she said, calling on architecture offices to submit their projects by the first of next October.

well thanks Bu Yusef for the gooooood news and i think with Fatima Al Sabah this project will be real in the very near future ! :)

Is the architecture competition open to individuals as well as offices?
There is something I wonder about, however: why is there no established community involvement in the urban development process in Kuwait? Designers of such large-scale (re)developments should consider several issues that would add to their sustainability, including:
1. Opinions of the urban dwellers, or the every day users, of the area for clues.
2. Opinions of the owners in the neighbourhoods.
3. Conformity to a master plan, if available.
4. Possible rehabilitation and re-coding of the municipal programming for the area.
5. Environmental aspects.

I've always believed that a grass-roots approach is far more successful in the long run, allowing a project to grow from the people, rather than restricing the methods and modes of everyday life into very strictly defined aesthetic design solutions that appeased only the decision makers and financial controllers.

There is a consortium of some of the major local architect firms here to come up with the design. But as usual Municipality is delaying the project !!

baqala-dweller, ur too sophisticated to this country man ... LOL

but i fully support all your views and points are well taken .. however, this is not a time for this i have to say cause i think taking action fast is a better solution for now at least

to - for this country :P

baqala-dweller, ur too sophisticated to this country man ... LOL

but i fully support all your views and points are well taken .. however, this is not a time for this i have to say cause i think taking action fast is a better solution for now at least

WTF, Kuwaitis are considered as one of the most sophisticated people in the GCC :crazy:

WTF, Kuwaitis are considered as one of the most sophisticated people in the GCC :crazy:


sophisticated in what ?? :bash:

(KUNA) July 4

الاستعانة بمكاتب استشارية عالمية لتصميم تطوير شارع سالم المبارك

قالت رئيسة فريق تطوير شارع سالم المبارك في المجلس البلدي العضوة الشيخة فاطمة الصباح هنا الليلة انه سيتم الاستعانة بمكاتب استشارية عالمية لوضع التصاميم الخاصة بتطوير شارع سالم المبارك لاختيار التصميم الافضل عند البدء في تنفيذ المشروع .

واضافت الشيخة فاطمة في تصريح للصحافيين اثر الاجتماع ان الفريق الذي تم تشكيله والمنبثق عن لجنة محافظة بلدية حولي ويضم في عضويته ممثلين عن بلدية الكويت وملاك عقارات في الشارع المراد تطويره بحث في الاسس التي سيتم على اساسها استلام الشروط والمواصفات لتطوير شارع سالم المبارك .

واشادت باستعداد ملاك العقارات في شارع سالم المبارك للتبرع من اجل تطوير الشارع واستثماره لتحويله الى معلم حضاري وسياحي لاستقطاب الزائرين والراغبين بالتسوق لما يشكله من طابع خاص حيث المجمعات التجارية الواقعة على طرفيه وموقعه الموازي مما يعطيه قيمه تجاريه وترفيهيه .

يذكر ان المشروع المراد تنفيذه يمتد من تقاطع شارع سالم المبارك وشارع الخليج العربي الى تقاطعه مع شارع عمان وبطول 5 كلم وقد تم تقسيمه حسب المخططات الى اربعة تقاطعات الاول من شارع الخليج العربي الى تقاطع شارع عمرو بن العاص .

والتقاطع الثاني سيكون من شارع عمرو بن العاص الى شارع قطر والتقاطع الثالث سيكون من شارع قطر مرورا بشارع حمد المبارك الى التقاطع الرابع في شارع عمان .

(KUNA) July 4

الاستعانة بمكاتب استشارية عالمية لتصميم تطوير شارع سالم المبارك

قالت رئيسة فريق تطوير شارع سالم المبارك في المجلس البلدي العضوة الشيخة فاطمة الصباح هنا الليلة انه سيتم الاستعانة بمكاتب استشارية عالمية لوضع التصاميم الخاصة بتطوير شارع سالم المبارك لاختيار التصميم الافضل عند البدء في تنفيذ المشروع .

واضافت الشيخة فاطمة في تصريح للصحافيين اثر الاجتماع ان الفريق الذي تم تشكيله والمنبثق عن لجنة محافظة بلدية حولي ويضم في عضويته ممثلين عن بلدية الكويت وملاك عقارات في الشارع المراد تطويره بحث في الاسس التي سيتم على اساسها استلام الشروط والمواصفات لتطوير شارع سالم المبارك .

واشادت باستعداد ملاك العقارات في شارع سالم المبارك للتبرع من اجل تطوير الشارع واستثماره لتحويله الى معلم حضاري وسياحي لاستقطاب الزائرين والراغبين بالتسوق لما يشكله من طابع خاص حيث المجمعات التجارية الواقعة على طرفيه وموقعه الموازي مما يعطيه قيمه تجاريه وترفيهيه .

يذكر ان المشروع المراد تنفيذه يمتد من تقاطع شارع سالم المبارك وشارع الخليج العربي الى تقاطعه مع شارع عمان وبطول 5 كلم وقد تم تقسيمه حسب المخططات الى اربعة تقاطعات الاول من شارع الخليج العربي الى تقاطع شارع عمرو بن العاص .

والتقاطع الثاني سيكون من شارع عمرو بن العاص الى شارع قطر والتقاطع الثالث سيكون من شارع قطر مرورا بشارع حمد المبارك الى التقاطع الرابع في شارع عمان .

Translation please :)

Translation please :)


Use universal design consultancy offices for developing Salem Al-Mubarak Street

The Chairperson development team Salem Al-Mubarak Street in the municipal council member Fatima al-Sabah here will be used advisory offices worldwide design for the development of Salem Al-Mubarak Street to select the best design at the beginning of the implementation of the project.

She told reporters after the meeting that the group, which was formed arising from the Governorate Municipality around Membership comprises representatives of the Kuwait Municipality and owners of buildings in the street to be developed to examine the foundations that will be based on receipt of the conditions and specifications to develop Salem Al-Mubarak Street. She applauded the willingness of owners of real estate Street contribute to the development of the street and invested in order to transform it into a cultural and tourist attracting visitors wishing shopping as a special character in parks business located on the terminal and its location parallel which gives the value of commercial and recreational.

Use universal design consultancy offices for developing Salem Al-Mubarak Street

The Chairperson development team Salem Al-Mubarak Street in the municipal council member Fatima al-Sabah here will be used advisory offices worldwide design for the development of Salem Al-Mubarak Street to select the best design at the beginning of the implementation of the project.

She told reporters after the meeting that the group, which was formed arising from the Governorate Municipality around Membership comprises representatives of the Kuwait Municipality and owners of buildings in the street to be developed to examine the foundations that will be based on receipt of the conditions and specifications to develop Salem Al-Mubarak Street. She applauded the willingness of owners of real estate Street contribute to the development of the street and invested in order to transform it into a cultural and tourist attracting visitors wishing shopping as a special character in parks business located on the terminal and its location parallel which gives the value of commercial and recreational.

Thank you very much Bu Yusef !! :)

I hope when they make it a walking street they connect all shopping malls at basement level to avoid the heat/rain/dust as they have done in Montreal and Singapore to avoid the snow and rain. Also hope they keep in mind the future metro station requirements and location before the conversion takes place.

I hope when they make it a walking street they connect all shopping malls at basement level to avoid the heat/rain/dust as they have done in Montreal and Singapore to avoid the snow and rain. Also hope they keep in mind the future metro station requirements and location before the conversion takes place.

Very good suggestions- BUT keep in mind we're in Kuwait. The metro station is still in paper, and if we were to wait for a solid plan we would wait for a couple of years. Something to keep in your mind!

Shabaaaaaabnaa mooooooo kaaaaafooooooo

I don't say all of them

but most of them :(

there was a competition for the best design for this project .. and kuwait university ( department of Architecture ) won 2 or 3 prizes, I have seen some designs .. they were very creative.

what happen to this project ?, i just wish for this project not to end up like abdullah ahmad st

kuwait is cry out loud for such a project especially when it come to salmiya we need to make it more appealing for pedestrian

well .. i agree totally with you Skoulikimou, kuwait needs density and unity in its city. only then we can use it for out doors. salmiyah and kuwait city both needs face lefts. bss who cares? no one unfortunately

any development on this project ????

ok found this in alqabas


اقرت لجنة محافظة حولي في المجلس البلدي مكونات مشروع منتزه السالمية.
وقالت رئيسة اللجنة الشيخة المهندسة فاطمة الصباح في تصريح للصحافيين بعد الاجتماع، ان اللجنة طلبت تسوير الموقع على ان تقوم البلدية باخلاء الموقع من جميع المعوقات. واضافت الصباح ان اللجنة قررت تأجيل بحث ودراسة آخر المستجدات لمشروع تطوير شارع سالم المبارك لشهر يناير المقبل.

Committee approved components draft Salmiyah Park.

The Chairperson of the Committee Sheikha Fatima Sabah in a statement to reporters after the meeting, the Committee requested to fence the site that the evacuation of the municipal site from all constraints. The morning that the committee decided to postpone discuss and study the latest developments of the Salem Street Development Project for next January.

:blahblah:

lol exactly,, i mean the park is from 2004 !! and the street plans are from what 3 years ?

i hate this project
i'm against it
salem almbark st is good for me