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Government establishes road networks worth EGP 33bn in new cities
New road projects contribute to attracting population, investment, and employment opportunities to new cities, says Madbouly

Integrated development plan for west Greater Cairo roads
Madbouly met with Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar to follow up on the plans to develop a number of roads in Giza Governorate.

Egypt’s traffic fatalities decrease due to improved roads: Planning Minister
Deaths from road accidents dropped by 44% in 2019/20 due to increased expenditure on roads, says Hala El-Said

EGP 10bn worth roads implemented in Giza, 6th October: Prime Minister
Hundreds of billions of Egyptian pounds needed to fix informal housing that lasted for 40 years, says Madbouly

Egypt’s paved road network expands by 3,000 km in 2017/18: CAPMAS
The total length of Egypt’s paved road network increased to 179,900 km in 2017/18, compared to 176,900 km in 2016/17, an increase of 3,000 km (1.7%), according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics’ (CAPMAS) inventory bulletin on roads and bridges in 2017/18 issued on Sunday. CAPMAS stated that the length of paved …

Transportation Ministry begins two road and railway development projects in July
Negotiations with international financial institutions to raise EGP 5bn to develop 1,200 km of railway

Third phase of national project for roads will begin in the coming FY
We target to extend the metro network by 180km during the coming period, and we are studying establishment of a metro line in Mansoura

Why did the toad cross the road?
Warmer spring-like temperatures have kicked off this year’s toad migration. But as toads are crossing roads, many end up dead before they can reach their spawning grounds. A group in Bonn is helping them survive.As temperatures are rising, toads start to wander the streets in search of their spawning grounds. With temperatures now rarely dropping …

6,200km increase in paved road network in 2015/2016
CAPMAS records increases between 2.4% and 9.1% in paved roads throughout the various authorities

Parliament’s Transportation Committee to summon CPA to discuss car safety on roads
Considering “human error” as solely responsible is incorrect as there are problems with vehicle specifications, says MP

National megaprojects: economic growth stimulus or political propaganda?
Major projects have reduced unemployment and increased economic growth, says Al-Sisi

Tourism companies approved for using SUVs on asphalt roads in South Sinai: ETAA report
$300m safari trips income before 2011, 80% decline over past five years due to security turmoil in Egypt

Armed Forces Engineering Authority to construct roads and bridges in Administrative Capital: Al-Wazir
Armed Forces to build 457,000 housing units for low-income homebuyers in new administrative capital

Egypt to add 4,000 km to roads network in 2016
Minister of Transport will announce new investment projects this week

Implementation of 3 roads in national plan progresses
Total cost of the national plan for developing the road network is EGP 34bn

Upper Egypt-Red Sea road to be implemented in 1year
Road to cost EGP 104m, the ministry of housing indicated
Egypt studies Russian road, infrastructure investments: Supply minister
Railways and logistics projects proposed in front of Russian investors

Build better roads to feed more people
By Dr. Bjørn Lomborg Almost one-quarter of all food in the world is lost each year, from harvesting and storage to wastage in the consumer’s kitchen. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 21% of all food is wasted. If we could halve the sub-Saharan waste, we could feed an extra 100 million people. We can expect almost a …
Egypt-Sudan border crossing to be inaugurated in days
Sudanese Foreign Ministry describes this as a “historic event” and will develop ties

Transportation ministry announces 28 new investment opportunities
Ministry of transportation reveals investment opportunities involve 3 railway projects, 3 road projects, logistics centre project, 2 new metro lines, tram line, tunnel and 17 maritime transport projects
15 people killed in two separate road accidents
Four conscripts dead after microbus flips
Deadly collisions in Suez, Assiut claim 37 lives
The deaths occurred in two separate accidents in the south and the east of the country
Heavy showers strain Egypt’s infrastructure
Stormy weather causes flooding, evacuation of villages and building collapses across the nation

PM approves EGP 850m traffic project in Giza governorate
Mehleb said the traffic route, a joint effort between the ministries of Irrigation, Agriculture, and Environment, will not have any negative effect on neighbouring farmland.
New factories inaugurated in Assiut; cabinet approves new projects
Deputy prime minister inaugurates two new factories for plastic and dairy products in Assiut, following several new approved projects from the cabinet
Egypt’s road accidents’ rates spike in 2013
The total number of accidents in Cairo and on travel roads in 2013 is 13,957 with a 24% increase from 2012

Traffic apps come through for Egyptians in times of crisis
Bey2ollak users keep each other abreast of blocked roads and traffic jams and to travel in convoys to and from Cairo

Morsi loyalists protest in support of ousted president
Protesters roam Egypt’s streets and block several vital roads; plan more protests on Monday

Roads blocked in Sinai
Tensions between factions mount over commerce opportunities in North Sinai

Protests break out in Northern Sinai
Offices, bank, roads and schools all targeted by protesters