Government institutions are about to make their move to the New Administrative Capital (NAC) by next August, announced Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, with the city’s inauguration set to be at the end of the year.

The move will be on an experimental basis, which the PM states aims to ensure that all facilities at the NAC's buildings are available before the official inauguration.

Madbouly announced the dates during a meeting to review projects, the government’s transition plan, as well as the events expected to be included and the delegations expected to attend the inauguration ceremony.

Minister of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities Assem El Gazzar reviewed the executive position of housing projects at the NAC, including the residential R3 and R5 neighbourhoods, the central business district, the Green River, and utility projects.

The minister explained that most sanitation utilities such as water, sewage and rain drainage systems, have been connected to the government district, as well as electricity services in all the ministry buildings in NAC.

Minister of Transport Kamel El-Wazir presented the executive position of the most prominent transport projects that will serve the transferral plan to the NAC.

According to El-Wazir, his ministry has implemented 79 percent of the electrified train projects that will connect the cities of Salam and the 10th of Ramadan, passing through the NAC, with a total of 16 stations.

The government had planned to relocate ministries and 52,300 government employees to the new capital by summer last year, however the pandemic has forced it to delay the move till 2021.