Sisi Follows up on Roads, Slums Developments

Nawal Sayed

The meeting discussed the status of the Ministry of Housing’s national projects, especially with regard to new cities, and roads, utilities, housing, and services sectors, as well as slum development, according to Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Rady.

Rady added that Sisi directed the concerned authorities that new work paths and mechanisms followed to implement national projects during the past years be firmly established outside the traditional bureaucratic scope of planning and implementation.

With regard to the development and establishment of new cities, the Minister of Housing presented the progress of facilities, establishments, and services in the cities of New Assiut, New Aswan, and New Mansoura, as well as the ongoing development work in the City of Assiut.

Moreover, Sisi was updated about the progress of construction works in the New Administrative Capital and its residential neighborhoods, as well as the government district, financial and business district, the central district, and the Green River.

The Minister of Housing also showed the progress of work in the New Alamein City and the projects it includes, such as the towers, residential neighborhoods, the Heritage City, the Latin Quarter, the recreation area, and residential compounds, as well as Al-Alamein International University (AIU).

Sisi was also updated on the ongoing projects to develop various neighborhoods and regions in Greater Cairo. These projects include the development of the 6th of October district and Geziret El-Warraq. The comprehensive development of Historic Cairo also comes on top of the list of these projects.

El-Gazzar also presented the efforts made by the Ministry of Housing in the sector of water treatment and desalination plants across Egypt. He also showcased the ongoing projects aiming to provide housing units that are alternative to slums.

The meeting also discussed the Ministry of Housing’s projects pertaining to the development of Upper Egypt. Moreover, the ministry’s role regarding the services provided within the framework of the national project for the development of Egyptian, especially in the sectors of roads, axes, drinking water and sanitation, was further discussed.