Assem El-Gazzar, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities, reviews various projects in the new city of Fayoum in 2021 with a total investment of EGP 1.63 bn that has been allocated for various sectors across the city, Invest-Gate reports.

El-Gazzar points out that the implementation of 69 low-income buildings “social housing” has been completed under the presidential initiative that provides housing for all Egyptians in the new city of Fayoum, and the planning of 84 plots of social housing land in the northern extension of the city, along with the delivery of 227 plots of land. Others along the third district, counting that a branch of Fayoum University will be implemented on an area of ​​184 acres.

For his part, Tariq Gamal El-Din Mohamed, Head of the New Fayoum City Development Authority, adds that the position of allocating plots of land according to the immediate allocation mechanism included the allocation of an area of ​​79.002 m2 service plots worth about EGP 111.7 mn and the allocation of area (32.344 m2) of industrial plots.

Moreover, the investments being implemented in the city with the knowledge of the private sector include: the Fayoum University faculty members compound with an area of ​​3.5 acres, the Syndicate of Applicants Association compound with an area of ​​3.1 acres, a hypermarket with an area of ​​two acres, and an investment compound in the regional area with an area of ​​9.5 acres.

The utility and road projects that have been implemented and ongoing projects include utility networks, the first phase in the small industries area in the eastern extension of the city, and the facilities networks of the 1st phase in the medium industries area in the eastern extension of the city.

Gamal El-Din clarifies that the commercial services included the completion of the implementation of two commercial markets in the 3rd district and the 1st district and the health services included the implementation of a medical center building in the 2nd district, a health unit in Ebny Beitak (Build Your House) in the 3rd district, and another unit in the western extension of the city, while the sports and recreational services included the implementation of two triple playgrounds, and two pentathlon playgrounds in the 2nd and 3rd districts.

Additionally, the road project to connect the New Fayoum City with the main city of Fayoum has been approved through a road connecting the city directly to the ring road at an estimated cost of about EGP 170 mn.