Minister of Transportation Hesham Arafat said that his ministry is set to increase the maintenance fleet of the Egyptian National Railways, with investments of €4m. The phase totals 1,154 km and will complement the national plan to increase the road network by 5,000 km in order to serve expected development projects. The phase includes developing the Cairo-Assiut Western Desert Road, which extends over 400 km and will cost EGP 4bn. Furthermore, the plan includes the completion of the service road on the Cairo-Suez Highway, which extends over 37 km between the Regional Ring Road and the Ring Road. GARBLT is now implementing a project to add one lane along 140 km of the Sohag-Qena Western Desert Road at a cost of EGP 350m.

Source: Daily News Egypt May 01, 2017 15:33 UTC