Major Moroccan Highway Project Nears Completion: Tiznit-Dakhla Expressway 98% Done

At a total cost of 529 million dirhams (MDH), the 97-kilometer Laâyoune-Tarfaya section is fully completed. In the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, the work is already 98% completed, compared to 95% for the 116-kilometer Tarfaya-Oued El Waar section, at a cost of 608 MDH, reports the daily Al Akhbar, specifying that the work on this last section should be completed this month.

The major engineering structures planned in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, in accordance with the new development model for the southern provinces, "Ma Fatma" and "Oued El Waar", are also completed, adds the same source, recalling the recent commissioning of the large bridge over the Oued Sakia Al Hamra, at the northern entrance to the city of Laâyoune, a project intended to "improve road traffic, fight against floods and bring this road axis into compliance with international standards".

"This 600-meter long viaduct with a width of 14 meters, with an execution time of 30 months, is composed of 15 spans of 40 meters each," it is specified, also stressing the 100% completion of the two other engineering structures planned in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region as part of the Tiznit-Dakhla expressway. These are the bridge over the Oued Aoudri 180 km north of Laâyoune, at a cost of around 17.5 MDH, and the one on the Laâyoune bypass on the Oued Sakia El Hamra, at a cost of around 1.3 billion dirhams.

The Tiznit-Dakhla expressway will ultimately include 30 crossings, 16 bridges, 7 rest areas and 1,572 rainwater drainage units. At a total cost of 8.5 billion dirhams, it extends over 1,055 km and aims to provide the southern provinces with road infrastructure to international standards.