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The Suez Canal Corridor Area Project ((アラビア語: مشروع تطوير محور قناة السويس)) is a mega project in Egypt that was launched on 5 August 2014 by president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The project's aim is to increase the role of the Suez Canal region in international trading and to develop the three canal cities: Suez, Ismaïlia, and Port Said. The project involves building a new city (new Ismallyah city, an industrial zone, fish farms, completing the technology valley, building 7 new tunnels between Sinai and Ismaïlia and Port Said, improving 5 existing ports, and digging a new canal parallel to the Suez Canal. The new canal will increase the canal capacity by allowing ships to sail into both directions at the same time for a greater proportion of the canal. The project will transfer the canal cities into an important trading center globally. It will also build new centers on the Suez Canal for logistic and ship services. el-Sisi announced that the new Suez Canal project will operate after a year (instead of three years). The project's authority said that the revenues of the canal will increase from 5 billion dollars to 12.5 billion dollars yearly. The new Suez Canal and the 7 tunnels are under construction simultaneously. Construction of the rest of the projects (which include building the city, industrial zone, technology valley, and fish farms) will begin in February 2015. The project is also known as "The Great Egyptian Dream" because it will help the economy of Egypt to re-heal after many years of unrest and corruption. The Egyptian Armed Forces participate in the project by helping in designing and digging the canal and the tunnels. It also protects the project's location from terrorists in Sinai. ==History== The Suez Canal Corridor Developing Project dates back to 1970s when Hassaballah El Kafrawy (former Minister of Housing) proposed the project to President Anwar al Sadat, but due to problems, the project didn't start. He proposed the project again to Hosni Mubarak in the 1990s but it did not work either. Engineer Hassaballah El Kafrawy sought to turn the canal corridor into an important international region rather than just a passageway for ships. In 2008, the former Minister of Transportation Mohamed Mansour again proposed the project. However, the Egyptian government again did not take any serious steps to start the project. In 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood introduced a development project for the Suez Canal region during the presidential elections. In 2013, Prime Minister Hesham Qandil began studying the project and announced that the government would begin to plan for the project. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suez Canal Area Development Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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