Communications and transit > Enquiry on national public works

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Ports and Lighthouses.
The expenditure incurred on ports and lighthouses during the past five years amounted
to £E544,873, spread out as follows :
Year Amount
£E
1929 295,013
1930 100,414
1931 62,918
1932 43>280
Among the more important works executed during this period, mention should be
made of the improvements to the port of Suez, which cost £Eioo,i72. This sum is
included in the above-mentioned figures.
The following works were also executed :
£E
Construction and equipment of two depots at Pier E in the port
of Alexandria 4^ > 699
Construction of quays for berthing pilgrim boats at the port of El Tor 32,841
Construction of a quay 170 metres long in the port of Suez 31,379
Reconstruction of the Abul Kisane lighthouse in the Red Sea 42,448
Enlargement of the Montazah harbour at Alexandria 22,485
Purchase of new lighting equipment for the Red Sea ports 13,038
Roads and Bridges.
1. Roads.
The Egyptian Government was obliged to improve the road system in the interests
of the economic development of the country. The expenditure incurred in this connection
during the past five years amounted to £E232,7i5, spread out as follows :
year Amount
£E
1929.. HS^16
1930 75>°85
1931 24,226
1932 8,447
1933 11,041
Total... £E232,7i5
of :
Of the more important roads on which these sums were spent, mention may be made
£E
Widening and completion of certain parts of the road from Cairo
to Alexandria
Widening of the road from Cairo to Luxor as far as Assiut
Improvement of the road from Giza to the Fayum across the desert,
and of the road from the Pyramids Road to Zawiet Abu Mesallem
102,865
39>I95
23,062