Beheira students get temporary crossing after bridge maintenance crisis

Irrigation ministry officials have installed a temporary safe crossing for Beheira students, while the governorate provided transport cars, after the old bridge was closed for maintenance.

• Irrigation Ministry spokesman Khaled Wassif said the ministry erected a temporary crossing of four pipes and a sand surface for Ezbet Matawa students within 15 minutes.
• Wassif said the irrigation minister ordered the safe alternative completed within 48 hours after children had used an old, unsafe crossing.
• He said the temporary crossing will remain in use for one month until the new concrete bridge is poured within four weeks.
• The Beheira governorate has provided cars to transport students of the Abdel-Wahid Eissa Al-Azhari institute in Damanhour.