The volume of funds allocated to the services’ sector in the New Administrative Capital reached EGP 140bn and will be directed to the sewage network, gas, electricity and other services, according to Ahmed Zaki Abdeen, chairperson of Administrative Capital for Urban Development (ACUD). During the Federation Associations of Administrative Development conference held on Sunday, Abdeen said that the New Administrative Capital project did not burden the state budget. The train will contain 13 vehicles and will start from the Adli Mansour station in El Salam city to the Administrative Capital. ” The project employed 180,000 direct workers, unlike indirect employment.”He explained that the Administrative Capital is the first smart city in Egypt and will become a model to be imitated. The Administrative Capital includes 60 schools and 6 major universities, and the ACUD is currently building 20,000 housing units for government employees, he disclosed.

Source: Daily News Egypt December 10, 2018 08:03 UTC