Al-Salam Bridge will be closed for four months for reconstruction and paving work, said President of the General Authority for Roads and Bridges Adel Tork.
Tork added in a statement Thursday that roads leading to the new Suez Canal will be paved and provided with and traffic signs and lights.
The General Authority for Roads and Bridges participated in the preparation of studies of the economic zone announced by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the corridor area of the Suez Canal and will currently focus on the establishment of roads that would serve the industrial areas, he said.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
