Moroccan Highways

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• Morocco Plans 420-Kilometer Highway Linking Marrakech to Fez at $2.8 Billion Cost
  11 April, by Said

  Morocco has officially launched preliminary studies to determine the technical specifications and financing model for a highway project connecting Marrakech to Fez via Beni Mellal and Khenifra.
  The cost of this infrastructure is currently estimated at around 28 billion dirhams. According to information provided by Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, in a written response to a parliamentary question, this project represents a key infrastructure development for the country. "This (…)

• Morocco to Test Free-Flow Highway Tolling System, Promising Smoother Travel
  11 December 2019, by Ginette

  Free-flow tolling will soon be tested on Moroccan highways. The Moroccan Motorway Company (ADM) has announced that preparations are underway to launch the first phase.
  Good news for highway users in Morocco. They could be spared stops and slowdowns at toll booths if they have the Jawaz tag. This will be through free flow, which is a toll collection mode that involves having gantries equipped with cameras along the routes. They allow reading license plates and detecting badges similar to (…)

• Morocco’s Tit Mellil-Berrechid Highway Construction Ahead of Schedule
  2 June 2024, by Sylvanus

  The construction work on the Tit Mellil-Berrechid highway, which is intended to facilitate traffic from the north and east to the south of Morocco, will be completed earlier than expected.
  Launched in January, the construction work on the new Tit Mellil-Berrechid highway is progressing at a rapid pace. The completion rate of the site has already reached 25%, reports Le360. This work will be completed earlier than planned. "The teams mobilized are actively working to reduce the planned (…)

• Moroccan Acrobats Deploy "Ninja-Tech" to Inspect Africa’s Longest Cable-Stayed Bridge
  3 March 2019, by Amine

  Three types of Moroccan "ninjas" have been called upon to inspect the Mohammed VI bridge, the longest cable-stayed bridge in Africa.
  The structure, which was built by the Chinese company China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group, required the services of three acrobats. In front of the cameras, the three people gave their first demonstration of the "Ninja-Tech" method, a technique that allows the verification of high construction works and buildings without having to use heavy (…)

• EIB Grants €80 Million Loan to Expand Morocco’s Casablanca-Berrechid Highway
  11 March 2019, by Said

  New loan for Morocco from the European Investment Bank (EIB) which has just granted 80 million euros to the National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) to finance part of the work to triple the Casablanca-Berrechid highway.
  "This financing covers the work to triple the Casablanca-Berrechid highway over 25.8 km as well as the construction of the Casablanca bypass highway over 31.7 km. This project is part of the "National Motorway Framework Scheme" which aims to develop the road network of (…)

• Morocco Boosts Highway Safety with Fences and Cameras to Combat Stone-Throwing Attacks
  29 May 2019, by Said

  The safety of users on Moroccan highways has once again been raised in the House of Councillors, and Minister Abdelkader Amara already has a ready-made answer: the installation of fences and the implementation of surveillance cameras.
  In response to an oral question, the minister stated that 74 bridges are currently undergoing work to install fences and once and for all put an end to stone throwing on the highways.
  There is also the question of installing surveillance cameras on the (…)

• Morocco’s Highway Expansion Plan Stalls as Contract Negotiations Drag On
  17 June 2019, by Bladi.net

  The new program contract between the National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) and the State has still not been defined, despite the meeting held in March by the ADM with its supervisory authority. A situation that is not without causing inconvenience to the public company.
  The weekly La Vie Éco, which has devoted a dossier to the subject, states that the new program contract intended to follow the previous one, which expired in 2016, should introduce several innovations, particularly in (…)

• Morocco’s Highway Authority Urges Jawaz Pass Users to Check and Recharge Balances
  6 June 2020, by Sylvanus

  Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) urges its customer-users to check the remaining balance on their Jawaz Pass and to recharge it before using the highway. Activity has gradually resumed after the celebration of Eid El Fitr.
  In a press release, ADM indicates that it has noted some slight queues at certain toll booths mainly due to depleted Jawaz Pass balances during this confinement period.
  Based on this observation, the company calls on users to check their balance before using the highway (…)

• Morocco Braces for Heavy Eid al-Adha Traffic: Motorway Authority Issues Travel Advisory
  10 August 2019, by Sylvanus

  The celebration of the Eid al-Adha feast leads the Moroccan Motorways (ADM) to take a series of measures and to make recommendations to road users, in order to effectively cope with the increase in traffic.
  Effectively manage the increase in traffic. This is the whole purpose of the series of measures taken and recommendations made by the Moroccan Motorways (ADM). To this end, the ADM informs road users that the entire motorway network will experience significant traffic. For the (…)

• Morocco’s Highways See Record Summer Traffic as Pass Jawaz Sales Soar
  4 September 2019, by Bladi.net

  For the summer season, the company, Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM), has achieved significant successes at all levels. The record figure of 550,000 vehicles per day, or 1.65 million people who used the network daily, is mentioned.
  Traffic has increased by 6%. "The multiplication of sales outlets facilitating the acquisition of the Pass Jawaz and the attractive offer of a 50 DH package including 40 DH of toll balance recharge have made this promotion a considerable success," said one of the ADM (…)