No. TRANSPORT PLANNING AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT MiNTS – MISR NATIONAL TRANSPORT STUDY THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR NATIONWIDE TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT FINAL REPORT TECHNICAL REPORT 1 ROAD SECTOR March 2012 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. ALMEC CORPORATION EID KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL JR - 12 039 No. TRANSPORT PLANNING AUTHORITY MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT MiNTS – MISR NATIONAL TRANSPORT STUDY THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY ON THE MASTER PLAN FOR NATIONWIDE TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT FINAL REPORT TECHNICAL REPORT 1 ROAD SECTOR March 2012 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY ORIENTAL CONSULTANTS CO., LTD. ALMEC CORPORATION EID KATAHIRA & ENGINEERS INTERNATIONAL JR - 12 039 USD1.00 = EGP5.96 USD1.00 = JPY77.91 (Exchange rate of January 2012) MiNTS: Misr National Transport Study Technical Report 1 Table of Contents Item Page CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................1-1 1.1. BACKGROUND...................................................................................................................................1-1 1.2. THE MiNTS FRAMEWORK.................................................................................................................1-1 1.2.1. Study Scope and Objectives.......................................................................................................1-1 1.2.2. A Consultative Planning Process ................................................................................................1-2 1.2.3. Sustainability and Human Resources Development ...................................................................1-3 1.3. REPORTING STRUCTURE................................................................................................................1-3 CHAPTER2: OVERVIEW OF ROAD SECTOR ...............................................................................................2-1 2.1. OVEVIEW............................................................................................................................................2-1 2.2 OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................................2-2 CHAPTER 3: PRESENT CONDITION..............................................................................................................3-1 3.1. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK.........................................................................................................3-1 3.1.1. Organizational Responsibilities...................................................................................................3-1 3.1.2. Laws and Regulations related to Road Sector............................................................................3-4 3.2. ROAD NETWORK SYSTEM...............................................................................................................3-6 3.2.1. Road Network .............................................................................................................................3-6 3.2.2. Comparison of Road Network Coverage among MENA Countries ...........................................3-10 3.2.3. Toll Road System ......................................................................................................................3-10 3.2.4. Weighing Station and Overweight Vehicles...............................................................................3-12 3.3. REGISTERED VEHICLES ................................................................................................................3-13 3.3.1. Number of registered vehicles by Vehicle type and by Governorate.........................................3-13 3.3.2. Trend of Registered vehicle number .........................................................................................3-15 3.4. TRAFFIC VOLUME...........................................................................................................................3-16 3.5. DESIGN STANDARDS AND ROAD GEOMETRIC DESIGN.............................................................3-19 3.5.1. Present Road Classification and Design Criteria in Egypt ........................................................3-19 3.5.2. Intersection Geometry...............................................................................................................3-23 3.6. BUDGET AND INVESTMENT...........................................................................................................3-24 3.7. TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.......................................................................................................3-25 3.7.1. Passenger Transport Service....................................................................................................3-25 3.7.2. Freight Transport Service..........................................................................................................3-26 3.7.3. Bus and Taxi Terminals .............................................................................................................3-27 3.8. ROAD SAFETY.................................................................................................................................3-29 3.8.1. Road Accident in Egypt.............................................................................................................3-29 3.8.2. Examination of Road Traffic Accident Data...............................................................................3-30 3.8.3. Institutional Framework for Road Traffic Safety ........................................................................3-37 3.8.4. Existing Problems and Issues on Road Traffic Safety...............................................................3-40 3.9. ROAD CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT .......................................................................................3-42 CHAPTER 4: CURRENT POLICY, PLANS AND PROJECTS .........................................................................4-1 4.1. ROAD SECTOR DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY..................................................................................4-2 i MiNTS: Misr National Transport Study Technical Report 1 4.2. CURRENT ROAD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN......................................................................4-2 4.2.1. EURO MEDA Network Plan ........................................................................................................4-2 4.2.2. Superhighway Nile Western Bank...............................................................................................4-4 4.2.3. Egypt Vision 2052 .......................................................................................................................4-5 4.2.4. Multimodal Transport and Logistics System of the Eastern Mediterranean Region and Master Plan 4-6 4.2.5. Current Five Year Development Plan..........................................................................................4-8 4.3. TRAFFIC SAFETY DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND PROJECTS .......................................................4-10 4.3.1. National Road Safety Program .................................................................................................4-10 4.3.2. EU Twinning Project on Road Safety in Egypt ..........................................................................4-12 4.3.3. Road Safety Action Plan for GARBLT .......................................................................................4-13 4.3.4. RS10 Project.............................................................................................................................4-15 4.3.5. National Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.............................................................4-16 CHAPTER 5: MAIN PLANNING AND MANAGEMENTS ISSUES...................................................................5-1 CHAPTER 6: ROAD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PLAN...............................................................................6-1 6.1. ROAD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM....................................................................................................6-1 6.1.1. Laws and Regulations related to Road Classification .................................................................6-1 6.1.2. Present Road Classification and Design Criteria in Egypt ..........................................................6-1 6.1.3. Road Classification and Design Criteria for MiNTS.....................................................................6-3 6.2. CONSTRUCTION COST BY ROAD CLASS AND WORK TYPE........................................................6-5 6.2.1. Composition of the initial capital cost estimate............................................................................6-5 6.2.2. Unit Cost by Road Work Items....................................................................................................6-6 6.2.3. Unit Cost of Typical Road Cross Section by Road Class and Number of Lane ..........................6-7 6.3. ROAD NETWORK DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS (HARDWARE PROJECTS) ..................................6-8 6.3.1. Future Network Plan ...................................................................................................................6-8 6.3.2. Road Maintenance Cost..............................................................................................................6-9 6.4. ROAD MANAGEMENT