CITY DEVELOPMENT

New Burg El Arab City has made significant progress over the past four years in increasing its growth average. With the increase in services offered, the average of human occupation there has increased and the gap between the volume of completed infrastructure and housing (on the one hand) and the number of permanent residents (on the other) has decreased.
The number of residents has increased from around 7,000 in 1996 to around 50,000 in 2002. This is a clear positive indicator of a high average increase of settlement in New Burg El Arab City over the four past years. The city has become an area attractive not only to those who work there, but also to young people looking for a better life style far from the overcrowding of Alexandria.
In addition to the permanent residents, there are also around 25,000 workers in the factories and other establishments of the city who come to New Burg El Arab City on a daily basis and make use of a great many of the services available there.
The number of working factories in New Burg El Arab’s industrial zones has increased from 279 to 394 over the past your years.
The City Development Agency and the Board of Trustees of New Burg El Arab are exerting the greatest possible efforts to improve the existing services and add new services to absorb the current and expected increase in residents over the coming years.
It is worth noting that the services offered in the areas of education, health, and commercial activities do not embrace merely the residents of the city but extend to those of nearby local units such as Bahig, Abu Sir, and El Gharbaniyyat, who are looking for better services in these fields. Thus, New Burg El Arab City is in process of becoming a development hub in and of itself.