KUWAIT CITY — Kuwait is building one of the world's longest
causeways to its remote north where it will pump billions into "Silk City",
aiming to revive the ancient Silk Road trade route.
The oil-rich emirate is eager to inject life into the
uninhabited Subbiya region on its northern tip that has been chosen as the
location for Silk City.
The plan is to reinvigorate the ancient Silk Road trade
route by establishing a major free trade zone linking the Gulf to central Asia
and Europe.
The 36-kilometre bridge, three-quarters of it over water,
will cut the driving time between Kuwait City and Subbiya to 20-25 minutes from
90 minutes now.
Investment in the Silk City project is expected to top $100
billion, and a 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in Subbiya.
At a cost of 904 million dinars ($3.0 billion), the Sheikh
Jaber Al Ahmad Al Sabah Causeway, named after the emir who died in January
2006, is one of the largest infrastructure ventures in the region.
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