Construction to begin on Zamalek’s Cairo Eye ferris wheel project

Zamalek will be home to a EGP 500 mn ferris wheel next year as the controversial Cairo Eye project was launched on Thursday, reports Al Shorouk. The Cairo Eye is designed to “promote sustainable tourism,” said Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal. The ferris wheel will be built on a 20k sqm area and should be completed in 2022, said Ahmed Metwally, the chairman of Hawai Tourism and Investment Company — the company tapped to develop the project. The project has earned the ire of many Zamalek residents, who fear it will snarl traffic on the island.