The decision of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Communities of Egypt to introduce a fee for a walk along the Nile embankment caused a heated controversy on social networks.
Egyptian activists expressed surprise at the imposition of duties on them in their country and demanded a review of the decision. Member of Parliament Maha Abdel Nasser commented on the introduction of tickets to walk the Alley of the People of Egypt, saying: “We were very pleased with the operation of this beautiful alley and the removal of encroachment on the Nile. Unnamed name, so who are the people who can pay £20 for a walk, meaning a family of 5 has to pay £100 just for the walk?
She criticized the decision to introduce a 20-pound ticket at the entrance to the Walk of the People of Egypt and said in a comment she wrote on her personal Facebook page: “We see that the policy of the current government does not take into account the minimum required for citizens. “. The spokesman demanded that these tickets be canceled immediately and that the Egyptian People’s footpath be made available to all Egyptians free of charge, and said that this was their most basic right.
According to Egyptian newspapers, the Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities has decided to introduce an entrance fee of 20 Egyptian pounds for participation in the Egyptian Nile Walk.
The first phase was realized with a length of 1.8 km from the May 15 Bridge to the Imbaba Bridge with an investment cost of £600 million and includes 19 different buildings, including 62 shops of various sizes, 5 cafeterias, 5 restaurants, 3 garages, Nile jetties , floating theatres, restaurants and cafeterias, services and outlets.
As for the second phase of the walkway, it starts from the 15 May Bridge to the Qasr el Nil Bridge and from the Imbaba Bridge to the Coastal Bridge, with a length of 3.2 km, with an investment in excess of £800 million, and includes a gradient crossing 4 km long and 19 buildings between a floating restaurant and 3 open space cafeterias, 63 shops, 7 service buildings, 9 amphitheaters with a capacity of 2552 people and two theaters with a capacity of 1700 people, in addition to site coordination works that include terraces and fountains.
