SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 03 BD15 million for key highway development Third lane to be added to Highway between Roundabout and Budaiya-Janabiya Intersection

• It’s considered as one of the busiest The major project also commercial highways includes replacing in , with at least the existing four four malls, four health roundabouts with traffic centres and tens of signals, with the aim schools, restaurants and of ensuring smoother coffee shops located traffic flow. along both sides. REPORT The minister also said that the • Works, Municipalities expansion of Budaiya Highway Affairs and Urban comes within a three-way project Planning Minister that also includes expanding the Essam Khalaf said in nearby Janabiya Highway and developing Jasrah Intersection. previous statements The government action plan that the ministry awaits for the years 2015-2018 includ- the approval of the ed 20 major road revamps and funder of the project, development projects, to ensure their sustainability. It also in- Kuwait Development cludes several projects to pave Fund, to implement the dirt roads in different parts of the development works. Kingdom. It was mentioned in the plan TDT | that a unified monitoring centre to control the flow of traffic on Budaiya Highway is one of the busiest highways in the Kingdom. roads should be constructed. budget of BD15 million has been allocated to fur- , Barbar, Maqabah, Ather develop one of the Saar, Markh, , Bani Jam- busiest highways in the King- rah and Budaiya, in addition dom, it is learnt. to the newly opened Salman A recent report released by Town. Works, Municipalities Affairs 20 It’s considered as one of the and Urban Planning Ministry per cent of the detailed busiest commercial highways showed that the amount has designs of the project has in Bahrain, with at least four been allotted to add an additional been finalised, according malls, four health centres and third lane to Budaiya Highway to the ministry report. tens of schools, restaurants in the area between Al Qadam and coffee shops located along Roundabout and the Budai - both sides of the road. ya-Janabiya Intersection. Works, Municipalities Af- The major project also in - project has been finalised and fairs and Urban Planning cludes replacing the existing that it will be announced for bid- Minister Essam Khalaf said in four roundabouts with traffic ding through the Tenders Board previous statements that the signals, with the aim of ensuring once the blueprint is completed. ministry awaits the approval smoother traffic flow, according The highway connects 15 vil- of the funder of the project, to ministry report. lages, including Al Qadam, Hillat Kuwait Development Fund, to The report showed that 20 per Abdulsaleh, Al Hajar, , implement the development cent of the detailed designs of the Karranah, Abusaiba, , works. Special leave for public employees contesting polls is required to be applied to the The official employees of various minis- • tries and bodies of the State added that the leave under the Civil Service Law 48 stipulated shall be of 2010. deemed terminated According to Mr Al Zayed, upon the end of the this comes in accordance with the regulations approved by the election process. bureau, from the day following the closure of the nomination, TDT | Manama October 22, pursuant to Royal The candidates Decree 36 of 2018 and the Prime pecial leave and working should not Minister’s Decree 31 of 2018. conditions will be granted exercise any of the Mr Al Zayed stressed that the Sto public employees who functions in the candidates should not exercise are running for the municipal any of the functions in the offi- and parliamentary elections this official capacity cial capacity during this period. November. during the The official added that the This was announced as Civil electoral period. leave stipulated shall be deemed Service Bureau (CSB) President MR AL ZAYED terminated upon the end of the Ahmed bin Zayed Al Zayed is- election process, and the em- sued Civil Service Directive One ployee who did not win the seat for the year 2018 with regard to tives are aimed at clarifying the by winning the elections shall government employees who are provisions of Law 35 of 2001 return to his/her job from the planning to contest elections. concerning the promulgation of day following the end of the Mr Al Zayed said the direc- the Municipalities Law, which election process.