Egypt unveils plan to build glitzy new capital

埃及公布建設(shè)新首都計劃

Egypt unveils plan to build glitzy new capital

Forget the pyramids, Tahrir Square and the Nile. Egypt is ready to ditch Cairo and build a shiny new capital if the government has its way.

先別想金字塔、解放廣場還有尼羅河了.埃及準(zhǔn)備拋棄開羅,建造一個閃亮新首都,如果埃及政府這一想法能順利實施的話.

Fed up with pollution, traffic gridlock, a packed population with soaring rents and creaking infrastructure, Egypt is teaming up with a developer in the United Arab Emirates to build a city in what could be one of the world's most ambitious infrastructure programs.

由于原首都污染嚴(yán)重,交通擁堵,人口大爆炸,房屋租金高漲,以及跟不上時代的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施等諸多壓力,埃及計劃與阿拉伯聯(lián)合酋長國的一個開發(fā)商合作,建設(shè)一個新首都.這個首都建設(shè)計劃可能是世界上最宏偉的公共建設(shè)項目之一.

The yet-to-be-named city will spread out over 150 square miles, or roughly the size of Denver, and could eventually be home to 7 million people, the developers and government announced Friday.

開發(fā)商和政府周五（3月13日）宣布,這個尚未被命名的城市將占地150平方英里（388平方公里）,大概就是丹佛市（美國科羅拉多州最大的城市）的大小,大概能容納700萬名居民.

The current capital of Cairo, while full of history and vibrant charm, is home to more than 18 million people, and living in and getting around the city can be maddening and frustrating. The government says the idea is to reduce congestion in Cairo, which is projected to double in population in the coming decades.

現(xiàn)在的首都開羅,是一座既有歷史底蘊,又富有勃勃生機的城市.開羅市里常住人口超過1800萬,不管是住在城市里還是在城市中穿行,都會讓人感到煩悶不適.政府稱,考慮到開羅在未來十年里可能會增加一倍的人口,此舉是為了改善開羅市內(nèi)的擁堵情況.

An exact location was not announced, but the city is expected to be built east of Cairo. It will be closer to the Red Sea -- between two major highways -- the Suez and the Ain Sokhna roads.

新首都的具體地址尚未公布,但是應(yīng)該是建在開羅的東邊.新首都會位于兩條主要交通干道——蘇因士和艾因城市公路——中間,比開羅更靠近紅海.

The ambitions are big. In addition to the new embassies and government buildings, it plans to have an international airport bigger than Heathrow, solar energy farms, 40,000 hotel rooms, nearly 2,000 schools and 18 hospitals -- all linked together by over 6,000 miles of new roads.