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CLEANER ENERGY SAVING MEDITERRANEAN CITIES
ROAD MAP FOR SEAP IMPLEMENTATION AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL
FINAL REPORT
Sector
National strategies/
programs / planning tools Relevant provision
Remarks/ Recommendations
Transportation
sector
Transport Strategy and
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Action Plan
Egypt’s Transport Master
Plan
It has been developed as part of EU- Egypt Action Plan,
based on Egypt’s National Development Plan (2002-
2007), to promote south-south trade, through
encouraging FDI participation in regional projects such
as: infrastructure, trade facilitation, energy and
transport. This also include Promoting cooperation in
the transport field, in particular on developing
infrastructure policies, implementing the sector reform
programme aiming at separating regulatory,
management and operation tasks; fostering the
involvement of the private sector in transport projects
and services; applying air, maritime, and road safety
measures, and developing a Civil Global Navigation
Satellite System
Egypt’s Transport Master Plan is under development to
reach 2050. The Egyptian government has developed a
transportation master plan that includes: Railways’
development, maintain and upgrade trains and their
facilities and services (stations, signal systems, tracks,
bridges, and tunnels, etc.). Also, the Metro completion of
the three remaining phases of the third line with total
estimated cost of EGP 35 billion.
Model freight transport
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(MFT) strategy
This is considered a-world class multimodal transport
infrastructure and services. For the MFT strategic
importance, a dedicated corridor for MFT was set in
Egypt’s Transport Master Plan 2012-2027 (MINTS).
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https://eeas.europa.eu/enp/pdf/pdf/action_plans/egypt_enp_ap_final_en.pdf/ (Accessed: 19.08.2016)
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Transport Sector the way forward, Ministry of Transport. http://www.comcec.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/COMCEC_EGYPT.pdf
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