Transport
From The Report: Egypt 2016
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As the Arab world’s most populous country, and one of its largest economies, Egypt has always had to work overtime to ensure that infrastructure capacity keeps up with demand. While the past few years of political and economic uncertainty have slowed capital spending on infrastructure, 2015 has seen that trend reversed in dramatic fashion, with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi aggressively prioritising the completion of major infrastructure projects as part of his policy agenda. While exogenous pressures – including muted global shipping volumes and slow growth in major tourism source markets such as Europe – will have an impact on the volume of traffic through Egypt, the high level of domestic demand for both passenger and freight services across all transport modes will sustain growth for years to come.

This chapter contains an interview with Yehia Zaki, Director of Operations, Egypt, Dar Al-Handasah.

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Overview

At top speed: Addressing bottlenecks through major infrastructure projects
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As the Arab world’s most populous country, and one of its largest economies, Egypt has always had to work overtime to ensure that infrastructure capacity keeps up with demand. While the past few years of political and economic uncertainty have slowed capital spending on infrastructure, 2015 has seen that trend reversed in dramatic fashion, with the President Abdel Fattah El Sisi aggressively prioritising the completion of major infrastructure projects as part of his policy agenda. Across The Board The…

Analysis

Urban solutions: Easing congestion through public transport projects
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Cairo’s traffic problems are notorious, and while they are a useful way to spark a conversation with locals, they have a major impact on the economy. Due to the costs associated with congestion and time wasted on the road, Egypt’s traffic jams are estimated to reduce GDP growth by 4 percentage points, according to a 2010 World Bank study. However, efforts are being made to tackle the issue. In addition to education campaigns and the staging of traffic police at bottlenecks, the government is…

Analysis

Connecting the dots: Multimodal and trans-shipment capacity are set for a boost
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One major advantage of the $8bn expansion of the Suez Canal will be the scope for increased revenues, with the new shipping lane allowing for a sizeable increase in traffic transiting the canal. However, the expanded waterway is only one component of a broader push by the government to use what remains – after 150 years – one of the world’s primary shipping routes as a platform for encouraging broader improvements in the country’s transport sector. Achieving this requires the building of…

Analysis

Route cause: Modernising Egypt’s roads is a high priority for the government
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While the Suez Canal expansion has attracted most of the headlines, Egypt’s National Road Project offers perhaps even greater benefits to the broader economy, given that more than 90% of the country’s freight moves by road. As of 2012 Egypt had 121.4m km of roads, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics. Some 90% of the network is paved. BOLD TARGETS: Announced in 2014, the project calls for 39 roads to be added to the current network, for a total length of 3200…

Interview

Targeting success: OBG talks to Yehia Zaki, Director of Operations, Egypt, Dar Al-Handasah
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Interview: Yehia Zaki What is the timeline for the development of the economic zone? YEHIA ZAKI: The objective of the Suez Canal Area Development Project goes beyond just transforming the 460 sq km of land that has been set aside surrounding the canal; it is a strategy for the development of the entire region. We have identified three distinct geographical areas of focus, consisting of six ports and three industrial zones in East Port Said, Qantarah and Sokhna. There are two specific milestones…