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Daily Tribune
24-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Tribune
Bus Shelters, Housing Units and Advert Sites
The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications has invited bids for installing 36 bus shelters across Bahrain, as part of its 2025 works plan. Union Plastic submitted the highest offer at BD 510,705.112, while Awal Plastic submitted the lowest at BD 364,056.000. The shelters form part of a broader effort to improve public transport services. Separately, the Ministry of Housing is moving ahead with plans to construct 512 social apartment units in Madinat Salman. The project will be carried out on Island 12 and will span plots 15, 18 and 19. Madinat Salman lies on reclaimed land off Bahrain's northern coast, across from Budaiya, and is being developed as a mixed-use community designed to help meet demand for social housing. Fifteen contractors have submitted bids for the housing project. These include Santy Excavation and Contracting, Granada Contracting, Aseeri Engineering and Contracting, Mohammed Abdulmohsin Al Kharafi & Sons, Al Ghanim General Trading and Contracting, Sayed Kadhem Al Durazi & Sons, Al Ghanim International, the Al Khunaizi Group, Ahmed Mansoor Al Aali, Dar Al Khaleej, Almoayyed Contracting, Smart Skyline Contracting and Cebarco Bahrain. The ministry has already issued four tenders in Madinat Salman this year. Three fall under the Government Land Development Programme and account for a combined total of 649 homes. Also, the Capital Municipality is seeking contractors for the lease and maintenance of 171 Mobiz advertising sites located in Seef, Zinj, Sehla, Tubli, Adliya, Juffair, the Diplomatic Area and Al Hoora. Four advertising firms submitted offers. The highest came from Adline Media at BD 1,603,541.146, while the lowest was put forward by Group Plus Advertising at BD 338,623.092. The work is expected to improve the appearance of advertising across the city and ensure regular upkeep of the sites in line with accepted standards.
Daily Tribune
19-03-2025
- Business
- Daily Tribune
Private sector to build 8,000 houses as Bahrain cuts waiting list
Bahrain's housing policies will keep shifting to match demand, with rules on who qualifies and how homes are paid for regularly reviewed, the Housing Minister, Her Excellency Amna Al Rumaihi, told Parliament yesterday. Private developers are playing a growing role in the government's efforts to cut waiting times, with nearly 8,000 homes planned under joint schemes. Around 3,700 will be available to buy, while more than 4,000 will be built through agreements with private firms under the 'Government Land Development Programme'. 'We are working closely with private developers, who bring the know-how and resources to help meet the growing need for housing,' Al Rumaihi said. 'This approach means we can provide homes more quickly and give people more choice.' The backlog of applications has fallen by more than 17 per cent over two years, dropping from 55,000 in early 2022 to 27,000 today. The number of new requests continues to climb, but the figures show movement. 'We are making headway, and the work goes on to cut the numbers further while handling fresh applications,' she said. A BD800 million housing budget has been set for the next two years, the largest to date. Building work is progressing in Salman Town, Khalifa Town, Al Ramli, and Al Hidd, with extra funds lined up for further expansion. The ministry has also put more focus on giving people housing choices that suit their needs. More than 8,000 families have taken up immediate housing options since 2022, with over 8 per cent coming from the waiting list. 'We are making it simpler for people to choose the kind of home they want, where they want it, and what size suits them,' Al Rumaihi said.
