Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly today chaired a meeting of the Supreme Committee for organizing the Grand Egyptian Museum opening ceremony events, scheduled for July 3 next month. At the start of the meeting, he noted that today's session, with the full membership of the Supreme Committee for organizing the Grand Egyptian Museum opening ceremony events, aims to follow up on the final touches for the various opening events and check on the various arrangements, affirming that there will be continuous field visits to follow up on every detail on the ground.
The Prime Minister stressed his keenness to continuously follow up on the various details of the executive and logistical situation, as well as the reception arrangements for VIP guests, the security preparations and the transport of guests from their places of residence to the Grand Egyptian Museum, so that this celebration and exceptional event comes out in the best image befitting Egypt's heritage and history.
During the meeting, Lt. Gen. Eng. Kamel El-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, presented a report on the executive status of the Ministry of Transport's projects in the vicinity of the Grand Egyptian Museum. He reviewed progress on the project to develop the Ring Road around Greater Cairo, which is being implemented over a length of 110 km, and detailed the sections under way within the project in the vicinity of the museum, including upgrading Bridge (9D), upgrading the bridge at the intersection of the Ring Road and the Alexandria Desert Road, as well as widening the bridge at the intersection of the Ring Road and the Alexandria Desert Road, the section of the Alexandria Desert Road up to the intersection with the Oases Road, and developing the stretch from Maryoutia to Mansouriya, in addition to developing Bridge (8), building the Zewail Bridge and developing the Tourist Road. Implementation rates for these sections are well advanced.
He also addressed the implementation status of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which has begun trial operation on some sections and is being built with a total of 48 stations in the governorates of Cairo, Giza and Qalyubia. He also reviewed the implementation status of Metro Line 4, which will serve the museum through a station named “Grand Egyptian Museum Station”, one of the 17 stations included in this phase of the line, which is being built over a length of 19 km and extends from west of the Ring Road on the border of 6th of October City to Fustat Station. He detailed progress on the various components of the Grand Egyptian Museum Station, as well as Al-Remaya Station, which is also close to this distinctive civilizational project.
For his part, Dr. Ibrahim Saber, Governor of Cairo, presented the executive status of ongoing works within the governorate as part of the project to develop the Ring Road around Greater Cairo, including widening, developing and upgrading roads and bridges, as well as the Ring Road visual identity project, which includes painting houses on both sides of the road in harmonious colors and adding distinctive elements linked to ancient Egyptian civilization.
Eng. Adel El-Naggar, Governor of Giza, also presented details of the works to develop the area surrounding the Grand Egyptian Museum, which aim to give it a civilized appearance and enhance the visual image of the surrounding area, including works to develop a number of traffic corridors and bridges, paving some roads, adding green spaces, and lighting and beautification works, among others.
During the meeting, Maj. Gen. Walid Aref, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority, reviewed the works carried out by the authority as part of the Grand Egyptian Museum project, noting that all works within the project have been completed at a 100% implementation rate. He explained that they included the construction of a 1,270-meter tourist walkway and a number of administrative, commercial and service buildings for it, as well as works to grade, pave and asphalt 8 roads with a total length exceeding 8 km.
They also included the construction of 5 parking areas with a capacity of up to 187 buses over a total area of 25,000 square meters, in addition to two external parking areas for cars and buses over an area of 60,000 square meters, with a capacity of up to (1,460 private cars / 54 buses / 100 golf carts).
During the presentation, Aref pointed to the executive status of the networks and utilities works, including the routes and supply of exterior lighting for the museum's main facade and the low- and medium-voltage network works, as well as stormwater drainage networks, water supply, firefighting and electrical rooms, according to the official page of the Egyptian Cabinet on Facebook.
The meeting was attended by: Lt. Gen. Eng. Kamel El-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport; Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation; Dr. Manal Awad, Minister of Local Development; Sherif Fathy, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities; Dr. Sameh El-Hefny, Minister of Civil Aviation; Dr. Ahmed Fouad Hanno, Minister of Culture; Dr. Ibrahim Saber, Governor of Cairo; Eng. Adel El-Naggar, Governor of Giza; Maj. Gen. Hossam Hassan, Assistant Minister of Interior for the Tourism and Antiquities Police Sector; Maj. Gen. Walid Aref, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Engineering Authority; Ambassador Mohamed El-Mulla, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs; Tarek Nour, Chairman of United Media Services; Dr. Ahmed Ghoneim, CEO of the Grand Egyptian Museum; Khaled Nofal, Assistant Minister of Finance; and officials from a number of relevant ministries and bodies.
