Work on Egypt’s New Administrative Capital project is progressing at a steady pace, with nearly 70% of infrastructure work complete on the project, a government official has said.

According to a report by Mubasher, citing spokesperson Khaled Al Husseini, all construction work of the first phase of the new capital, including facilities and infrastructure, is set for completion in the first half of 2020.

Al Husseini added that 60% to 70% of facilities and infrastructure work in Phase One had been completed.

“The water facilities work at the new capital is now almost 95% over, while about 30% of the sewage system work has been finalised,” he concluded.