The Minister of Housing stressed the need to accelerate work on several key projects: two basic education schools with a total capacity of 75 classrooms, a model youth center on a 15-acre plot, 28 apartment buildings for the "Housing for All Egyptians" presidential initiative, a nursery, and a commercial market. He emphasized the importance of completing these projects quickly and continuing field visits to overcome any obstacles.
In the same vein, Engineer Yasser Abdullah Ramadan, the Head
of the New Qena City Development Authority, along with other officials,
inspected the construction of a 33-classroom basic education school in the
services area of District 4 in the Second Residential Neighborhood. They also
inspected the construction of a 42-classroom basic education school in the
social housing land plots area in the Third Residential Neighborhood, noting
the advanced completion rate. They also checked on operations at the Technology
Center located at the Authority's headquarters.
Additionally, Ramadan and the other officials inspected the
asphalt work in the tourist and recreational area of the Fourth Residential
Neighborhood. He urged the contracting companies to increase their completion
rates and ensure the work meets standard specifications.
Ramadan also inspected the ongoing infrastructure work
(water, sanitation, irrigation, and graded roads) in the first phase of the
city's eastern extension. He also checked on the landscaping work for the 28
apartment buildings, the nursery, and the commercial market in the eastern
extensions area of the city. He stressed the importance of increasing the pace
of work and adhering to standard specifications.
Furthermore, Engineer Yasser Abdullah Ramadan, along with
Authority officials and contracting companies, followed up on the construction
of the integrated 15-acre youth center in the services area of the First
Residential Neighborhood. The project has reached an overall completion rate of
97%.
Ramadan explained that the youth center will feature a
multi-purpose building with a conference hall, a multi-purpose room, waiting
areas, reception lounges, a gym, a sauna, a steam room, locker rooms,
administrative offices, cultural activity rooms, a restaurant, a cafeteria, a
billiards hall, a table tennis hall, and storage rooms.
The center also includes a swimming pool area with an
Olympic-sized pool, a diving pool with a depth of up to 10 meters, a children's
pool, a grandstand building, locker rooms, athletics rooms, fitness rooms,
storage, and restrooms.
He also noted that the center will have a football field
area with a large pitch, grandstands, a radio room, a press conference hall,
locker rooms, a medical unit, an ambulance entrance, a referees' room, fitness
rooms, administrative offices, storage, and restrooms.
The center also includes a mosque, other fields with their
facilities (two tennis courts, a triple court, and a five-a-side football
field), a commercial shops building, a building for electrical rooms, a
changing rooms building, 8 restrooms, service outlets, and security and
entrance rooms.
Ramadan affirmed that the project is an integrated sports and cultural landmark that will serve the residents of New Qena City and its surrounding areas, enhancing the city's role as a comprehensive urban center. He noted that the ongoing work adheres to the highest quality standards and that the opening is expected soon.