 In March 2017, The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) was reported to have received a Japanese offer to implement a new metro line in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria from Masr station to Borg El Arab.In 2019, the Governor of Alexandria, Abdul Aziz Qansua, announced that the construction of the Alexandria Metro will begin in either late 2019 or first quarter of 2020, at a cost of $1.05–1.5 billion.It will be implemented over two years in three phases.