01 January 2018

Egypt has invited preliminary bids from national and international companies interested in building two monorail projects in greater Cairo, according to an Al-Masry Al-Youm report.

Bids are due to be submitted to the Housing Ministry before January 15, 2018.

One of the proposed monorail lines would stretch from 6th of October City to suburban Giza, over 35 km, while another planned line would extend from Nasr City to New Cairo, covering 52 km. The 6th of October monorail would have 10 stops and would include the industrial area of the satellite city, Hossary Mosque, Alexandria desert road and the ring road.

Predictions show that the monorail would carry 48,000 passengers each way per hour and a quarter of a million passengers daily. The project is set to be completed by 2020.

Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly said the project will be executed in accordance with the construction designs and that the funding would be acquired through international monetary organisations as well as government loans. He added that the companies chosen to carry out the project would have experience in similar projects and the price of one of their projects would need to be at least one billion euros.

Sami Abu Zeid, a consultant to the Ministry of Housing in the fields of transportation and roads, said that the projects have been initiated following transportation studies that recommended connecting eastern and western Cairo to keep up with the growth of the metropolis. 

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