Following the successful completion of the first phase of the Ring Road in 1995, Parsons Brinckerhoff in association with Gulf Consult, were commissioned to undertake all necessary design work in order to complete the loop of the urban motorway around and through the city centre.
First Ring Road – Stage I
Route Location Studies, Full Engineering Design and Construction Supervision
Location
1st Ring Road, Kuwait
Client
Ministry of Public Works
Services
Route Location Studies, Full Engineering Design and Construction Supervision
Cost
KD 105.0 million
Data
7km of urban motorway, 6 grade separated inter changes and improvements to 2 km of local city roads
Status
Completion 2012
Associate
Parsons Brinckerhoff
This second phase of work has required the consultants’ team to undertake acceptable highway and infrastructure design in environmentally sensitive areas adjoining the historic Jahra Gate, the old Souk and the Dasman Palace, involving motorway in cut and also in tunnel.
The project is now under construction, being supervised by a Gulf Consult/Parsons Brinckerhoff joint venture.
