KUWAIT, June 4 (KUNA) -- The technical body charged with considering development projects and initiatives said, Monday, that it had received over 60 letters from specialized local, regional, and international companies expressing interest to invest in the project for the control systems of the first phase of Kuwait Metro, in a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) framework virtue of law 7/2008.

A statement by the technical team to KUNA said the government aims to create a fully integrated public transport network that offers flexibility of movement for the capital city and its suburbs, as part of the "Kuwait 2035" blueprint. The network is to incorporate the latest technology.

The control systems project includes development and maintenance of heavy-maintenance stations, as well as control system and carts components.

This is the first step of the first phase of the metro project, and is to be followed by infrastructure tenders and operator tenders.

Preparations are ongoing, the statement said, for pre-qualifications for the control systems company project, and the tender would be announced in all transparency and equal investment opportunity at a latter point in time.