The minister of local development, the governor of South Sinai and the head of the Urban Development Fund sign a cooperation protocol to prepare the outline plan for the cities of Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Ras Sidr

Dr. Manal Awad, Minister of local development, and Major General Dr. Khaled Mubarak, governor of South Sinai, and engineer Khaled Siddiq, chairman of the Urban Development Fund, on Wednesday signed a protocol to prepare the detailed plan for the cities of Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Ras Sidr in South Sinai governorate .the signing took place at the headquarters of the Ministry of local development in the new administrative capital in the presence of a number of ministry leaders.

Dr. Manal Awad stressed that the protocol comes within the framework of the ministry’s interest to enhance the ability of South Sinai governorate to make the most of its location and lands in order to attract more investments and create comprehensive development in the governorate, which contributes to maximizing the utilization of the governorate’s components and its natural resources, ultimately benefiting its citizens, in implementation of the directives of the president of the Republic to the government to develop and implement a comprehensive development strategic plan for the development and development of Sinai.

The minister of local development explained that the protocol aims to prepare the detailed plan for the cities of Sharm el-Sheikh, Dahab and Ras Sidr in accordance with the planning and construction requirements for the various land use areas, programs and priorities of integrated development projects in light of what is included in the approved general strategic plan for the three cities and in accordance with the procedures stipulated in the Construction Law No. 119 of 2008 and its executive regulations.

For his part, Major General Khaled Mubarak stressed the continuation of the governorate’s efforts to enhance the development process within the framework of the state’s general strategy and contribute to improving and developing the infrastructure on the land of South Sinai and linking it with neighboring governorates, providing new job opportunities and attracting investors to the land of the governorate, pointing out that the governorate will supply the Urban Development Fund with all the documents and data required to carry out the studies and work required to prepare the required detailed plan, facilitate field visits of the work team assigned to the works, and take the procedure of approving the works carried out by the competent authorities .

For his part, Engineer Khalid Mohammed Siddiq, chairman of the board of Directors of the Urban Development Fund, expressed his happiness in cooperation with the Ministry of local development and South Sinai governorate to implement a serious work plan and planning for targeted projects to be implemented on the land of South Sinai governorate, pointing out that the fund is committed to financing the contract with one of the offices accredited