The promising development plan, which is worth $145 billion, must be supported strongly by the new Parliament and Government and must become a priority.
This plan includes the building of new cities for the growing population, which has reached over 3 million. It will include more schools, hospitals, hotels, educational institutions and health cities. Then the transportation system must be upgraded with a modern underground system.
It has been a great move, as the GCC are building a railway network that will be cross international borders and will interlink cities and capitals in an easy way to move people, services and products from one GCC country to another.
However, those countries with a high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) mostly use luxury vehicles. Each family has around four to ten cars, either to drive personally or by drivers. They definitely need more environmentally friendly means of transportation. We should reconsider a new culture of using modern public transportation in the region, and that surly needs advanced urban planning given the congested roads and the small size of the city.
By Labeed Abdal
labeed.abdal@gmail.com
http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/04/18/taking-the-tube-in-kuwait/
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