Egypt is implementing phase III of the National Roads Project, at a cost of EGP 35 bn, including 17 projects with a total length of 1,300 kilometers, Invest-Gate reports.

Among the road projects under the latest move is the first phase of development and expansion of the Western Cairo-Aswan Desert Road, Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir confirmed in a ministerial statement on July 19.

This comes in addition to Assiut-Sohag Road Expansion, Safaga-Marsa Allam Road Expansion, and more, the transport minister further revealed.

Last October, El Wazir said 4,500 out of the total 7,000 kilometers of the under-development National Roads Project have been implemented since the program’s inception in 2014, at a total cost of EGP 75 bn, according to a previous statement.