Prime
Minister Mostafa Madbouli made public universities the sole issuer of
construction licenses stripping local municipalities of that right saying that
the public university at each governorate will serve as the consulting bureau
of such governorate.
The prime minister declared the decision in a meeting displaying proposed specifications, terms, and conditions pertinent to constructions and urban planning at Cairo, Giza, and Alexandria.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Local Development Mahmoud Shaarawy, Minister of Housing, Utilities, and Urban Areas Assem al-Gazar, Chairman of Urban Planning Authority Alaa Abdel Fatah, a number of academics, and via video-conference, the governors of Egypt, Giza, and Alexandria.
Madbouli stressed the collaboration between universities and governorates' municipal authorities in order to come up with adequate codes.
Source: Egypt Today
