The petroleum ministry has confirmed the delivery of natural gas to about 1.07 mn housing units in FY 2019/20, which 107% higher than the original target.
Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar has indicated that 489 water and wastewater projects have been implemented across the country, with costs totaled at EGP 58.5 bn, in the last six years.
Transport Minister Kamel El Wazir has affirmed that phase I of Egypt's national pavement development program is currently being undertaken, involving 197 asphalt paving projects with a total length of 837.5 kilometers across 12 governorates.
Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) have agreed on a grant worth EUR 151 mn (EGP 2.75 bn) for enhancing the Egyptian energy sector's financial sustainability, governance, and operational efficiency.
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) has partnered with a Chinese consortium to build a substation in Madinaty II, east Cairo, at costs estimated at EGP 303 mn.
Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat has signed a EUR 50 mn (EGP 912.6 mn) agreement with Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to finance the upgrading of Cairo Metro Line I.
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) will grant EUR 225 mn (EGP 4.1 bn) in financing to Egypt’s Electricity and Green Growth Support Program (EGGSP), in a bid to provide necessary funds to combat the pandemic and "support a sound electricity infrastructure base."
Ministry of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Communities has awarded Hassan Allam Construction (HAC), a subsidiary of Hassan Allam Holding (HAH), an 8,000-acre infrastructure project in Sheikh Zayed, aiming to provide utilities to serve 1 mn citizens.
Egypt's transport ministry is currently undertaking the expansion of the Ring Road around Greater Cairo, with costs totaled at EGP 7.3 bn, aiming to help in trimming down traffic jams on the metropolitan area's most important freeway.
A consortium made up of Orascom Construction, Arab Contractors, and Bombardier Transportation has broken ground on Egypt's first-ever monorail line, which will connect east Cairo and the New Administrative Capital (NAC), starting off on the first week of May.
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