Transportation Ministry said on Thursday that construction work along Wadi al Natroun-Alamein road will be finalized in January 2016.

In a press release, the ministry said the 135-km road consists of six lanes at a cost of 2 billion pounds, adding that the new road will serve development and tourism traffic in the Northern Coast.

The statement said the road development comes within the national roads project adopted by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.