Egyptian state builds parallel roads to Ring Rd to facilitate people's movement: President Sisi

CAIRO – 15 October 2022: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi affirmed on Friday that the state is working on constructing parallel roads to the Ring Road to ensure easy movement of citizens.

Sisi made the remarks during his inspection of the construction works to develop a number of roads and axes in Greater Cairo.

The president's tour included inspecting the construction work along the Mokattam Corniche and the central plateau of the area, as well as the axes leading to the Mokattam plateau, Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Rady said. 

The plateau will be linked to the various neighborhoods of Cairo to allow easy transportation of citizens, Rady added.

The president also inspected the construction work of the Hasballah Al-Kafrawi highway and the surrounding axes, which link southern Cairo with the Maadi area, passing through the Ring Road and the Al-Shahid axis, to eastern Cairo and New Cairo.

The President directed the government to continue developing and raising the efficiency of roads and traffic axes in various regions in Greater Cairo, to ease movement for and to eliminate traffic congestion.