Utilities works on Egypt new capital’s government district to complete end-April

Egypt plans to complete all the utilities works at the governmental district in its large-scale project – the new capital city – by the end of April 2020, a senior official said on Thursday.

The governmental district includes 34 buildings for ministries as well as the parliament and Cabinet, at a cost worth around 40 billion pounds.

The cost of utilities works exceeds 1 billion Egyptian pounds ($62 million), head of the state-owned New Administrative Capital Authority Mohamed Abdel Maksoud further told Amwal Al Ghad.

These works include a number of drinking water plants, gas pipelines, and electricity grids as well as irrigation and communications networks, Abdel Maksoud said.

“There are five major construction companies responsible for implementing infrastructure projects at the governmental district,” he said.

Located 45km (28 miles) east of Cairo over 170,000 feddans, the under construction new capital city is part of the Egyptian government’s plan to expand urban areas to deal with the rapid population growth and improve the nation’s infrastructure.

The new city is set to be a 270-square-mile hub with 21 residential districts to accommodate five million people. It will feature 1,250 mosques and churches as well as 5,000-seat conference centre, nearly 2,000 schools and colleges, over 600 medical facilities, and a park that is projected to be the world’s largest.