Prime Minister and Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Development Mostafa Madbouly has revealed that the construction of the first phase of the New Administrative Capital will be completed “at the earliest possible time,” Invest-Gate reports.
Madbouly also added that the new capital will be supplied by three water supply sources; the 10th of Ramadan line, New Cairo line, in addition to the lines built to transfer water from the Nile River.
The line transferring Nile River water is expected to support the New Capital with 1.5 mn cubic meters of water per day, according to Madbouly.
Mohamed Abdel Maksoud, Director of the New Administrative Capital Authority, also revealed that most of the utility work will be finalized by either the end of the current year or by the beginning of 2019, adding that Arab Contractors, Orascom, Concord, and Hassan Allam Holding will handle the construction process of these utilities.
Utility work of Phase I will be built on an area of 40,00 acres.