Estimated to be worth KD 18 million ($60 million), the scheme includes:

An upgrade of the three-kilometre-long section between Fahaheel expressway and Al-Taawin street - part of Abdul Kareem al-Khatabi street - into a motorway and modifications to existing intersections and roundabouts;

A redesign of the interchange on the crossing of the fifth ring-road and the Fahaheel expressway through replacing the existing traffic signals with free traffic ramps;

Modifications to the existing interchange on the crossing of the fifth ring-road with airport road by the construction of a cloverleaf structure;

Improvements to the design of the 4.5-kilometre-long access road to Kuwait International Airport from Farwaniyah.

The project will be carried out on a fast-track basis and is due to be completed by the third quarter of 2005.

Beirut-based Dar al-Handasah (Shair & Partners) is acting as consultant for the project and has partnered with the local Jassim Qabazzard Engineering Consultantsto draw up detailed designs. The client is the Ministry of Public Works.