Ahl Misr walkway project, a new two-level walkway formulated by City Edge Developments along the Nile Corniche is set to be opened to the public this Friday in a ceremony that will take approximately three days.
Inaugurated in 2019 under the supervision of Egypt’s Ministry of Housing’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), once opened the project aims to provide both locals and tourists with a chance to enjoy the Nile up close.
Mamsha Ahl Misr Walkway includes local and international restaurants, cafés, and retail shops, as well as entertainment areas and parking spaces. It will blend a pleasurable walk near the North African country’s oldest and most appealing landmark, the Nile, with an alluring view and activities.
It is the outcome of fewer than three years of construction and reformation work on the Nile Corniche. It is said that the government is aiming to increase green spaces, improve touristic components in the Cairo Downtown area, and upgrade urban development, as per the directives of Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.
Nov 2021
Mamsha Ahl Masr Walkway phase 1 construction in Egypt completed
The first phase construction of the Mamsha Ahl Masr Walkway, a multi-service pathway along the banks of the Nile that is also known as the Walk of Egypt, has been completed ahead of its opening in early 2022.
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This phase includes a 1.8 kilometers long upper walkway with a width of 4.5 meters and a 1.8 kilometers lower walkway with a width of 6.5 meters over a total area of 7,066 square meters, extending from the Imbaba Bridge to the 15 May Bridge.
It also includes five restaurants, five cafes, 62 shops, three parking lots that can take up to 180 cars each, and a 275 square-meter theatre that can accommodate 772 people.
Mamsha Ahl Masr Walkway project Phase 2 and 3
The second and third phases of the Mamsha Ahl Masr Walkway project are still under construction. The second, which is 3.2-kilometer-long, extends from the Qasr Al-Nil Bridge to 6 of October Bridge over an area of 0.8 kilometers, and from the 6 of October Bridge to the 15 of May Bridge over an area of 1.1 kilometers, and again from the Imbaba Bridge to the Sahel Bridge over an area of 1.3 kilometers.
The third phase, on the other hand, is 3-kilometer-long and it extends from the Tahya Misr Bridge to the Sahel Bridge, a distance of 1.9 kilometers, and from the Qasr Al-Nil Bridge to the Meridian Bridge, a distance of 1.1 kilometers.
The multi-segment project was launched in 2019 by City Edge Developments under the Egyptian Ministry of Housing’s New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA).
