President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Sunday, September 9, new bridges and road projects with total costs of EGP 7.9 bn, state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reports.

Implemented by the General Authority for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport, the infrastructure projects include the final phase of the regional ring road and other projects such as Assiut-Sohag Tama axis, Qous bridge in Qena, Borg El Arab bridge in Alexandria, and Balteem bridge in Kafr El Sheikh, as well as, other bridges over the Nile.

Transportation Minister Hesham Arafat noted that there are 10 other road projects are still under construction.

The ministry established 10 axes on the Nile in cooperation with the Armed Forces at a total cost of EGP 20 bn, with the Tama axis inaugurating September 9.

The bridges of Samalout, Derot and Qus in the Upper Egypt city of Qena will be finalized in 2020, Arafat acknowledged.

The Armed Forces is building an important axis in Rod El Farag, Ahmed Ismail axis, which is set to be registered in Guinness World Records, he continued.

Arafat highlighted that the first stage of  the Upper Nile’s Tama axis costs EGP 550 mn, noting that the second phase will be finalized next year.