I have never done this crossing but I would have thought just about everyone would benefit from the simple streamlining of cross-border trade and transport.
The families bringing back the white goods are probably just Sudanese guest workers returning home, just as you see in Marseille or Genoa. I would have thought an a/c bus in half the time and all the way to Khartoum would suit them fine.
I suspect the resistance is/was from those who owned the ferry operation (cronies of Mubarak I read somewhere once) while a perfectly good road ran alongside.
It's bound to happen, but I do wonder if this is another premature rumour, like the Morocco-Algeria border saga.
There's even talk of a causeway to Saudi... and as for the railways, they may link Aswan to Wadi H - a trans-Sahara railroad.
Bring it on I say - for those who dont want an easy transit, there are plenty more adventures in Africa.
Ch
Three New Land Routes to Connect Egypt, Sudan
(I assume from 2012)
Last edited by Chris Scott; 10 Mar 2012 at 08:05.
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