Further to earlier news that Egypt is planning a rail link to Benghazi, it has now emerged that it is also planning a new African link road through Libya, the eastern based official state news agency LANA reports today.
The revelation was made by Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel Al-Wazir, who said that there is a plan to implement a link between Egypt and the neighbouring countries, adding: “The land road connects 9 African countries, including Sudan.”
The Minister of Transport made the revelation during a plenary session of the Egyptian House of Representatives in Cairo, where he stated that the development of the road and railways aims to create a road from Salloum to Benghazi, explaining that this supports Egyptian industry and labour, and that this contributes to the transport of goods to Libya.
The Minister of Transport added, “There was coordination with Chad regarding whether the route passes from Sudan or Libya, and a decision has been made to start from Libya, then Chad, and then Congo.”
He added that the railway projects in Egypt are witnessing a qualitative leap to advance them, explaining that the development of the railway system comes in parallel with the establishment of the fast electric train, adding that “the latest systems that are used in the railways aim to achieve safety and avoid human errors.”
