Japan Provides Egypt $315 Mln to Complete 4th Metro Line

Today, the Japanese Ambassador to Egypt Noki Masaki attended the signing ceremony for the implementation contracts for the first phase of the fourth line of the Cairo Metro Project.

The ceremony was also attended by Kamel Al-Wazir, minister of Transport, Engineer Tariq Al-Mulla, minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, and Dr Rania Al-Mashat, minister of International Cooperation.

During the ceremony, Dr Essam Wali, president of the National Authority for Tunnels, signed a contract for the implementation of the western part with representatives of the consortium of companies Arab Contractors, Hassan Allam, Petrojet and Concord.

He also signed a contract for the implementation of traffic systems with representatives of the consortium of companies Mitsubishi and Orascom.

This project consists of four parts, which are the implementation of the western part,  the eastern part, traffic systems, and railway equipment and cars. During this ceremony, two-part contracts of the four parts were signed.

Ambassador Noki issued a statement confirming that "the fourth metro line will link the two largest governorates, Cairo and Giza, and will facilitate the movement of passengers and reduce congestion on the roads."

Japan and Egypt agreed to implement the first phase of the fourth line of the Greater Cairo Metro Project as a bilateral cooperation project through a Japanese loan for official development aid in 2012, and an amount of 32.7 billion Japanese yen, equivalent to about $315 million, has already been provided for this project.

The fourth line of the Cairo subway "The first phase" will be the first line linking the centre of Cairo "Al-Malek El-Saleh station" and the Giza pyramids area "Hadaeq Al-Ashgar station" which would ease passengers movement and reduce road congestion.

Also, this line is expected to facilitate the visit of tourists from various countries of the world to the Great Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum.

Ambassador Noki expressed his hope that people would use the fourth metro line to visit the Grand Egyptian Museum, which is another symbol of Egyptian-Japanese friendship.