"Desert Development Corridor" Plan Accepted by Egypt's Government

A visionary plan for a "Desert Development Corridor" in Egypt, researched and created by Boston University geologist Dr. Farouk El-Baz, has been adopted by the country's interim government as its flagship program. According to El-Baz, the plan - which includes the construction, along 1,200 kilometers, of a new eight-lane superhighway, a railway, a water pipeline, and a power line - would open new land for urban development, commerce, agriculture, tourism and related jobs.

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