Kuwait's EPA, Hyundai Engineering mull environmental co-op

Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) held talks with a delegation of South Korean giant Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company over boosting environmental cooperation. In statements to KUNA Wednesday, EPA's Director General for Administrative, Financial and Technical Support Services Rajaa Al-Bouseri said that the talks focused on the precautionary measures and the guarantees to protect the biodiversity in the sites of major projects executed by the South Korean giant in Kuwait, particularly Sheikh Jaber Bridge. Al-Bouseri added that EPA's is closely monitoring Hyundai's commitment to the environment regulations in the execution and operation stages. For their part, Hyundai's officials stressed their eagerness to cooperate with the EPA and to fulfill all environment commitments. Hyundai's CEO Soo Hyun Jung stated the execution of Sheikh Jaber Bridge is going smoothly and according to schedule. He reiterated his company's adherence to the environmental requirements in the mega project and to offer all support to the EPA's efforts to preserve the environment. Hyundai is leading an international consortium in constructing the multibillion dollar-cost Sheikh Jaber Bridge project. The causeway, named after late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad al-Sabah, is to link the capital Kuwait City with the northern Subbiya area, which is to become home to the Silk City project. It involves construction of two sea bridges, one linked to Subbiyah and the other linked to Doha. The project will also include two man-made islands of 30 hectares; one on the northern side and the other on the southern side of the bridge which will house maintenance and traffic emergency buildings, fueling stations and boat docks.