First phase of New Mansoura to start end of 2017

CAIRO – 8 May 2017: The first phase of a project to establish New Mansoura city will start by the end of 2017, sources at the New Urban Communities Authority said Sunday.

A desalination plant will be set up in the new city to save expenses on transporting water to the coastal city that overlooks the Mediterranean Sea.

Earlier, Minister of Housing Mostafa Madbouly said President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi attaches great importance to developing coastal cities.

Given that it overlooks the sea and is located near inhabited areas, the minister said New Mansoura will develop faster than other new developments have in the past.

Additional reporting by Ahmed Hassan.