Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister Transport Accompanied by the head and leaders of the Public Authority for Roads and Bridges, an inspection tour to follow up the project to develop and expand the ring road. The axis until the intersection of the axis with the Ismailia Agricultural Road in the Abu Zaabal area, with 3 traffic lanes in each direction, which runs parallel to the railway track of Al-Marj / Shebin Al-Qanater. Work has begun to implement the ring road with the axis, which includes the comprehensive development of the new Marj Square, and preparations are underway to implement the rest Axle track segments.
The Minister of Transport stressed the need to complete this important axis, which mediates the dense residential blocks in the distance from Al-Marj to Abu Zaabal and vice versa, passing through Khanka and Al-Jabal Al-Asfar to serve the people of those areas and reduce traffic pressure on the Ring Road and Ismailia Agricultural Road.
The Minister of Transport inspected the railway axis (Algeria) within the Cairo governorate in the distance from the intersection with the Tunisian Bridge to the Arab Square, where the implementation of the ramps and houses linking the axis with the ring road has been completed, and work is underway to replace the foundation layer in the distance from the Tunisian Bridge to Ezbet El Ward Square.
The Minister of Transport directed the specialists in the Cairo Governorate to quickly remove the encroachments on the railway campus to complete the works on the axis in the distance from Ezbet El Ward to the Arab Square. It is one of the most important traffic hubs that serve the transportation movement within the Giza Governorate.
The Minister of Transport stressed the speedy completion of the development of the intersection of the Mariouteya axis with the ring road and the completion of the ramp that was developed for the one coming from Badrashin heading to the Mariouteya and Saft al-Laban link, directed to confirm traffic safety works and the work of concrete barriers on both sides of the ocean bank and avoiding the vertical intersections of the back-circuit bridges with the streets. The main residential communities through which the axis passes, as well as the implementing companies to quickly finish the work according to the time programs and the highest quality standards.
During his tour, the Minister of Transport inspected the parking spaces for microbus cars and parking spaces under the ring road, which will be implemented in coordination between the Ministry of Transport and the governorates with the development of the surface road under the ring, and linking them with the BRT bus stations that are currently being established in order to eliminate random stops located on the road. The ring road, whether on the track, the ramps, or the private homes of the road.
All conflicts related to these parking lots were reviewed and the speedy implementation of parking lots was emphasized to eliminate the random parking of microbus on the ring road, especially since the government will provide a green, sustainable, environmentally friendly and modern mass transportation that provides the highest levels of service to the public of passengers represented by BRT buses, where the implementation of the BRT project comes on the road Al-Dairy, in implementation of the political leadership’s directives on the need to expand the implementation of green, sustainable and environment-friendly transportation networks. The minister inspected a number of BRT stations, which numbered 47, such as Al-Zahraa, Ezbeh, Algeria, Autostrad, Central Plateau and Carrefour, safety and safety rates on the road, attention to road signs, Police Academy, Peace and Sharqiya, as well as a number of From the sites designated for charging buses, such as: the bus station in the Al-Mushir axis and linking it with the Monorail of the Administrative Capital, where the road will become 6 lanes for owners, then an internal lane dedicated to BRT buses, bringing the total to 7 lanes in each direction except for Al-Munib Bridge, which will total 8 lanes in each direction .
The implementation of the second phase of the ring road development project was also followed up, which includes the distance from the ring road intersection with Alexandria agricultural to the ring road intersection with Alexandria desert, and the Alexandria desert sectors / the Oasis and Mariouteya / Mansourieh link, with a total length of 34 km. The new arrivals at the intersection of the Ring Road with Ismailia Agricultural, as well as the speedy development of the ring road intersection with Alexandria Agricultural and the completion of all new traffic solutions before the beginning of the new school year to facilitate the movement of citizens and students, especially as it is one of the important linking roads between the ring road and the main roads.
The Minister also inspected the work of implementing the service road “surface”, which has a width of 10 meters around the ring road from the outside and inside. The concerned authorities to remove all the challenges related to this road and quickly complete the road lighting works, where the high-mast poles and the works of the intelligent transport system on the roads ITS, which achieve the highest rates of safety and safety on the road, and attention to the signboards, and provide him with a report on the comprehensive plan for investment for the ring road.
On the sidelines of the tour, the Minister of Transport confirmed in press statements that the project to develop and expand the ring road is an epic by all standards, and is being implemented over a 24-hour period, noting that we are racing against time to complete all stages of the ring road after completing the development and expansion work of the first phase, with a length of 76 km. A total of 110 km, pointing out that the development, expansion and comprehensive maintenance works that contribute to raising the level of service for road users, accommodating the large volumes of traffic flowing on it throughout the day, in addition to reducing the journey time for road users, reducing energy consumption for vehicles, as well as reducing environmental impacts. Negative, appealing to citizens not to throw waste on the ring road and roads to avoid accidents while maintaining the civilized appearance of the road and fulfilling health requirements for the population.
It is noteworthy that the first phase of the Ring Road development project, which has been completed and expanded, includes the distance from Mariouteya / El Munib / Autostrad / New Cairo / El Salam / Mostorod / Alexandria Agricultural and the distance from Mansourieh intersection / Fayoum Road / Al Wahat Road intersection with a total length of 76 km .