Leading change: North Sinai governor sheds light on new infrastructural and urban development projects

Leading change: North Sinai governor sheds light on new infrastructural and urban development projects

Major General Mohamed Abdel-Fadel Shousha is keen to draw attention to the many infrastructural and urban development projects that have been completed or are in progress in the governorate. Entire new cities, including New Rafah, have sprung up because of the efforts to eliminate the random urban development that had proved so conducive to spreading anarchy on both sides of the border between Egypt and Gaza and in other towns and cities in North Sinai such as Beir Al-Abd and Arish.



The planning of the new cities took into account the requirements and culture of the inhabitants of Sinai. In addition to multi-storey apartment buildings, there are separate one-storey homes in Bedouin style and layout, the governor said. New housing has also been allocated for victims of terrorist attacks.



According to Shousha, 2,608 apartments have been built as part of the governorate's social housing plan. These include 1,440 flats designated for people from Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid cought up in terrorist operations, and 409 Bedouin homes. In New Rafah alone, 626 newly constructed apartment blocks contain 10,000 flats which will soon become available and the governorate has reserved additional plots of land for young people.