Over five years, the state expropriated approximately 88,769 feddans across 525 projects, affecting more than 136,519 families, equivalent to approximately 546,000 citizens, through an administrative decision issued in the name of “public interest” that cannot be challenged before its implementation. The only thing the citizen may contest is the value of the compensation, after the land has already been seized and the project completed in many cases.<\/p>\n
This is precisely where the residents of Abu Al-Nomros and Al-Badrasheen in Giza find themselves today. Their deadline to contest the value of the compensation allocated to them in exchange for expropriation for the Al-Mariouteya Axis project, which runs from its intersection with the Ring Road at Al-Mariouteya to its intersection with the Middle Ring Road within Giza Governorate, expires<\/a> on August 13. This project was designated as a public utility by a decision<\/a> of the Prime Minister in favor of the Ministry of Transport. The right of contestation available to them is limited to objecting<\/a> to the estimated value of the compensation for their properties, or to the non-inclusion of their names among those entitled on the General Survey Authority’s lists.<\/p>\n If the deadline passes without an objection, or the objection is rejected, the property owner is left with only the long litigation path, which may extend for years during which the land is seized and the project completed before a ruling is issued.<\/p>\n The decision<\/a> to seize the lands required for the project by direct execution dates back to 2023, setting the initial compensation value for the lands and buildings conflicting with the project at approximately 950 million Egyptian pounds ($18.27 million). Article 6 of Law<\/a> No. 10 of 1990 regulating the expropriation of real estate for public use stipulates that compensation shall be estimated according to prevailing prices at the time the expropriation decision is issued.<\/p>\n