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 Zayed Central Park - In heart of Zayed city on land owned by NUCA consisting of residential,
commercial, retail, hotel, conference centre and spa.
 Sheik Zayed Integrated Residential Project within 6th of October City on land owned by NUCA
consisting of residential and commercial.
 10th of Ramadan Knowledge Village on land owned by NUCA consisting of Integrated
knowledge complex encompassing a university, schools, workshops, administrative buildings
and residential units.
 Mokattam Residential and Commercial Complex adjacent to Cairo Autostrade consisting of
residential units, mixed use, Mall and hotel.
 Al Ismaelia Urban Revitalisation Project – Downtown Cairo.
ICT projects include:
 Maadi Technology Park - started in 2010 and completion expected 2017
 10th of Ramadan City Tech and Science Park
Tourism projects include:
 6th of October Touristic City in the vicinity of the Great Pyramids of Giza including commercial,
administrative, cultural, sports, hospitalities, hotels and aquarium.
Also announced at the EEDC was new Capital City/Administration Capital – however we understand
that progress on this has stalled subject to Government discussions with UAE investors.
In addition to various deals and MOU’s between Egypt Government and private sector $12.5bn in
pledges was obtained from KSA, UAE, Kuwait and Oman.
No available information was provided in this document on whether the existing and proposed
transport infrastructure has the capacity to support this level of development.
Investment Reforms
During 2014/15 various economic and fiscal reforms have been carried out/proposed by the Egyptian
Government to restore confidence in the Egyptian economy locally, regionally and internationally and
remove impediments to investments
Based on a review of the Plans and based on discussions with the various ministries, a
summary of other current proposed planning and Transport investment in GCR includes:
Metros and Tunnels - The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) was established in the early 1980s
to deliver the first Cairo metro line. NAT’s remit includes conducting technical studies of tunnels and
underground projects; construction of tunnels and underground projects; and handing over the
projects to the relevant authorities for operation. NAT has successfully delivered Cairo Metro Line 1
(capacity 2 million passenger/day); Cairo Metro Line 2 (capacity 1.76 million passenger/day); Al-
Azhar Road Tunnel (2.65 km twin tunnels; 65,000 cars per day); and phases 1 and 2 of Cairo Metro
Line 3. Since 1983 circa 83km of metro network has been completed in GCR. NAT has ambitious plans
to push forward with an impressive portfolio of projects. Unlike the case with all delivered metro lines
to date, where different phases of each metro line were delivered sequentially (eg phase 1 of Cairo
Metro Line 2 was delivered in 1996; while phase 5 was delivered nine years later in 2005), NAT plans
to go ahead with phases 3 and 4 of Cairo Metro Line 3 (CML3) in parallel (see figures below):