National Roads Project

The National Roads Project[1] is a large Egyptian infrastructure project initiated by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in August 2014. The project includes the construction of 39 new roadways with a total length of 4,400 km. The new road network will account for around 10% of the total length of all roads in Egypt. The project is expected to be completed within 2 years and cost 36 billion EGP.[2]

Among the planned roads are the Ismailia-Banha (33 km), the Sohag-Red Sea Road (180 km) and the Wadi al-Natrun-Alamein (134 km).

References

  1. ↑ "Sisi launches national roads project". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Egypt Has Ambitious Plan for Suez Canal Expansion". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-09-15.


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