Minister of transportation, Galal Saeed, accompanied by head of General Authority for Roads and Bridges, Maj. Gen. Adel Turk, inspected Sunday construction work of regional ring road, Al Bawaba News reported. Turk revealed in a statement to reporters that regional ring road falls within authority's plans to implement a national project that aims to link the main roads in several governorates with Shubra-Banha and Banha-Mansoura roads, as well as the intersection of Cairo-Alexandria agricultural road. He pointed out that the authority seeks to revive trade between Upper Egypt, Suez Canal region and Delta governorates, in an attempt to reduce density of traffic on major roads in Greater Cairo region.