20 buildings in Administrative Capital handed down to state's institutions

CAIRO – 5 March 2023: The Administrative Capital for Urban Development head Abbas Khaled revealed that more than 20 buildings were handed over to the governmental bodies for transferring the public servants.

He added in comments to Al-Hayat Al-Youm talk show on Al-Hayat channel on Saturday evening that all public servants will be transferred to their new offices in the new capital in two phases as the second phase will end by next May.

Khaled said that the Administrative Capital Company is in contact with the Ministry of Transportation to provide suitable means of transportation leading to the capital headquarters to serve the state’s employees.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has laid the first stone of the New Administrative Capital in East Cairo on July 14, 2018. With an area of 170,000 feddans, the new capital will include 20 residential areas expected to accommodate 6.5 million people and a road network of 650 km in length. The capital will include an international airport and an electric train to link it with the 10th of Ramadan and El-Salam cities.

The New Administrative Capital is located in the area between the Cairo-Suez and Cairo-Ain Sokhna roads, east of the regional ring road. This is roughly 60 km from the cities of Suez and Ain Sokhna.