Client
- The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
- National Authority for Tunnels (NAT)
Project Description
Cairo Metro line 2 has been in operation since 1996, extends from Shubra El Kheima to El Mounib with a total length of 21.5 km including 20 stations. With approximately 1.8 million passengers/day, metro line 2 suffers from obsolescence of systems, lack of modern comfort for passengers, many of the systems and spare parts are now obsolete and no longer available.
The Project’s overall goal is to meet the capacity and passenger demands of the coming years, avoid future spare parts shortages due to obsolescence, upgrade some of the systems to be modern state of the art, upgrade and rehabilitation of Depot equipment, rehabilitation of track and provision of rail grinding equipment.
Timeline
February 2024 – January 2029
MENA Rail Role
- Monitor the Client’s tender evaluation and contract award in compliance with the EBRD’s Procurement Policies & Rules.
- Review of periodic reports of the supervision engineer.
- Monitor the Client’s implementation of the contracts.
- Monitor and confirm the Client’s compliance with the requirement in the Project Financing Documents
- Monitor the Client’s implementation of mitigation measures included in the Environmental & Social Action Plan (“ESAP”), compliance with the EBRD’s Performance Requirements (PRs), and EU Environmental, Health and Safety (“EHS”) requirements, good industry practice and other requirements of the Project documentation as applicable.
- Identify any key problems.
