Three sites in Jahra for expatriate workers to live
The Kuwait Municipality has agreed to allocate three sites for the construction of housing complexes for expatriate workers. Each site has an area of 150,000 square meters within Jahra Governorate, west of the city of Hajjaj, west of the city of Jahra. This came in implementation of the decision of the Council of Ministers issued on July 20, 2020, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The Kuwait Municipality has agreed to allocate three sites for the construction of housing complexes for expatriate workers. Each site has an area of 150,000 square meters within Jahra Governorate, west of the city of Hajjaj, west of the city of Jahra. This came in implementation of the decision of the Council of Ministers issued on July 20, 2020, reports Al-Qabas daily.
The municipality explained that the commercial rates for labor complexes will be five percent for commercial buildings, and five percent for service buildings and buildings of commercial uses in labor complexes such as central market, bank, cafes, restaurants, multi-purpose halls and shops. The building percentages for labor complexes are 20 percent construction concentration for residential buildings, and ten percent for buildings of service and commercial uses.
According to an informed source, the three proposed sites for the construction of housing complexes for employment in the west of the city of Hajjaj are of sufficient distance from the urban area of five square kilometers to achieve safety. The road network isolates the two regions from each other.
She revealed that the management of the structural plan laid down the standards for cities and labor gatherings currently in force, adding that work is underway to study the standards for housing workers and labor cities, their distribution, and the proposed densities within the work of the fourth structural plan for the State of Kuwait 2040, in light of the current situation and future variables to prepare and estimate the extent of need for housing.
Source : Arabtimes