ASSIUT, Egypt, April 10 (MENA) - Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli and his accompanying delegation checked Thursday on progress in the Assiut/Dayrut two-lane agricultural road project.

At the onset of the inspection tour of the motorway project site, the prime minister listened to an explanation from Maged Abdel Hamid, Deputy Minister of Transport, as he reviewed implementation rate at projects carried out by the General Authority for Roads and Bridges within Assiut Governorate.

The deputy transport minister provided a detailed explanation about the status of Assiut-Dayrut road project, with a length of 61 km, which is being carried out as part of the Presidential Initiative Haya Karima that aims at improving life in the Egyptian countryside.

All drives in this regard fall in response to citizens' needs, in a way that would contribute to achieving more traffic flow, easing congestion at the entrances to cities and villages that intersect the motorway, as well as resolving chronic road safety problems in this area, Abdel Hamid said.

During the tour, the prime minister was highly keen on checking on paving works and raising the efficiency of existing roads. (MENA)

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