Sisi reiterates need for preventing any transgression on roads, axes, farm lands
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi
on Monday reiterated the need for preventing any transgression on roads,
traffic axes and farm lands.
Commenting on the word of Transport
Minister Kamel El Wazir during a ceremony to inaugurate Admiral Fouad Abou Zekry
Axis (formerly known as El-Tameer Axis), Sisi asked governors to prevent any
transgression on canals or roads, adding that aggression on Cairo/Alexandria
agricultural road (that had been implemented in 1859) impeded the State’s plans
to expand the road to become ten lanes.
Sisi explained that the State has
chosen to expand Cairo/Alexandria desert road to ease traffic on the
agricultural road in addition to upgrading Al Nubariya road, lies along Cairo/
Alexandria desert road, to give a chance for Delta residents to have easy
traffic, asserting the importance of protecting Al Nubariya Canal bridge.
Sisi warned officials and citizens
against the risks and high cost of aggression on roads, noting that such huge
funds are belonging to Egypt and Egyptians and the government could spend up to
EGP six billion instead of 2 billion to fix any damage.
Sisi asserted that the State has been
exerting its utmost efforts to set up an integrated network of roads that serve
around 100 million populations over the coming ten years.
He pointed out that the road network
before he assumed office was only fit to serve around 20 to 30 million people
and it would never serve the development needs or the traffic movement.
Source: The Egyptian
Gazette