Egypt's road building drive eases jams but leaves some unhappy

An aerial view of roads and houses near Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, is pictured through the window of a plane, Egypt April 10, 2021. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - At weekends, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is often driven out to a road construction site in Cairo where he is pictured surveying stretches of recently poured asphalt and being briefed by workers.

The highways and bridges he inspects are the most visible part of a big infrastructure push meant to galvanise Egypt's economy after decades of rapid population growth and unplanned building.