Communications and transit > Enquiry on national public works

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Important Works carried out since 1929 or started since then and still in Progress.
A = completed.
B = work in hand.
C — started but suspended.
D = projected only.
Works
Dessuk Nile bridge
Abu Kebir Station remodelling
Tanta locomotive shed and coal-yard
Benha-Menuf line
Mahmoudia combined rail and road bridge
Zifta-Mit Bera line
Cairo terminal improvements, extension and reconstruction
Doubling and regrading of marshalhng yard at Gabbari...
Dessuk Station remodelling
Sharabia subway
Mansura station remodelling
Faqus-San el Hagar line (see note)
Tanta-Santa line
Minia road bridge over railway lines and Ibrahimia canal.
New coal-hoists at Gabbari
Meh. Roh-Talkha doubling •
Tanta Station remodelling and improvements
Cairo-Suez line '' ''
Removal of Abu Zaabal workshops
Widening Buxor-Assuan line
Seigar subway at Tanta
Kena-Kift-Qosseir (new line)
Extension of power-house at Gabbari
Zagazig station modification
A
A
A
A
A
A
C
Approximate cost
£E
190,000
33,500
73,0°o
180,000
50,000
115,000
150,000
Remarks
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
B
C
B
A
A
C
A
B
31,000
31,000
30,000
30,000
50,000
68,000
60,000
70,000
200,000
210,000
200,000
200,000
210,000
40,000
200,000
77,000
60,000
Foundation of west
wing done but work
is suspended till now.
36 kilometres, of which
10 kilometres to Sa¬
ntana is open to
traffic. Extension
deferred.
(c) Works of which Projects are prepared but not started yet.
Works
Approximate cost
Port Fouad-Romani fine D
Extension of Mariut line from Foka to Mersa Matruh C
Edfina-Sidi Ghazi fine j)
Samana-San el Hagar-Faraskour fine D
Farz-Galiub relief fine D
Sidi Gaber station remodelhng D
Doubling of Abu Qir fine D
Mallawi station remodelling A
Assiut station remodelling D
£E
245,OOO
345,ooo
250,000
350,000
100,000
50,000
100,000
40,000
190,000
Remarks
Total length is about
43 kilometres. It
runs for about 36 ki¬
lometres parallel to
the coast of the Medi¬
terranean.
80 kilometres.
54 kilometres.
80 kilometres.
20 kilometres.