Moroccan Highways

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• EIB Invests €85 Million to Digitalize Morocco’s Highway Network
  8 March 2021, by Jérôme

  The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) are strengthening their partnership. In a press release, the two institutions have just announced the signing of a financing contract of 85 million euros (around 925 million dirhams), as part of the European Union’s External Lending Mandate (ELM) for the period 2021-2027.
  This strategic investment program aims to accelerate the digitalization of highway transport infrastructure in the kingdom, (…)

• Morocco’s Highway Authority Launches 24/7 Traffic Radio Station
  27 June 2021, by Sylvanus

  Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) aims to create its own radio that will allow to follow road traffic full-time. In this sense, the company has just launched a call for tenders.
  "Traffic radio", this is the name of the future station of the company Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM). It has launched a call for tenders worth more than 20 million DH for its realization, reports Le Desk. The European Investment Bank will finance this company up to 20.2 million dirhams. As for ADM, it will make a financial (…)

• Morocco Launches 29-km Highway Project to Ease Casablanca Traffic Congestion
  4 July 2021, by Armel

  The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) announces the launch of the tender for the first phase of the Tit Mellil-Berrechid Highway Construction project. Published on July 1, 2021, this tender concerns the project to build a section of about 29 km.
  This new infrastructure will strengthen the motorway network in the Greater Casablanca region, informs an ADM press release which indicates that the project aims to relieve the exit roads of Casablanca which are reaching saturation and (…)

• Moroccan Highway Unions Allege Mismanagement by ADM Chief Executive
  12 July 2021, by Jérôme

  Three unions in the road sector accuse the CEO of the National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM), Anouar Benazzouz, of having concluded in a hurried and improvised manner, agreements and contracts without any gain for the company.
  The three unions are affiliated with the trade union center the Moroccan Union of Labor (UMT); the National Union of ADM Executives, the National Union of Employees of ADM Operating Centers and the National Union of Administrators, Technicians and Executive (…)

• Moroccan Highway Workers’ Unions Clash with Management over Labor Rights
  29 July 2021, by Ginette

  The national company [Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM)] is in the sights of three unions affiliated with the UMT central union, who denounce the restriction of freedoms and union rights, and the non-compliance by the administration with the agreements signed with the government. They thus condemn "the hostile and provocative practices towards the social partners and the refusal to receive correspondence from unions and worker representatives".
  The National Union of ADM Executives, the National (…)

• Morocco Launches Major Motorway Modernization to Enhance Traffic Flow and Safety
  16 August 2021, by Jérôme

  The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) is implementing a major development program based on the modernization and digitalization of the operation activity, the diversification of the service offer on the network. This program will promote, it is promised, a comfortable and secure journey for users.
  Installed in partnership with the players in the motorway network, this system will further support the management of the growth of the national motorway traffic, which normally records (…)

• Morocco Braces for Heavy Traffic as Aid Al Mawlid Holiday Approaches
  16 October 2021, by Armel

  On the occasion of Aid Al Mawlid Annabaoui, the National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) recommends that its users organize their trips in advance and inquire about traffic developments.
  In a press release, ADM states that the entire motorway network will experience very heavy traffic from Friday to Wednesday, according to the following schedules: Friday, October 15, 2021 between 3pm and 10pm Saturday, October 16, 2021 between 9am and 1pm Monday, October 18, 2021, between 3pm and 10pm (…)

• Morocco’s National Highway Company Faces $4 Billion Debt Crisis Amid Investment Shortfall
  7 November 2021, by Ginette

  A report on public establishments and companies reveals that at the end of 2020, the debts of the Société Nationale des Autoroutes du Maroc exceeded 40 billion DH, with investments amounting to only 921 million DH. A debt ratio of 65%, which confirms the call for help launched to the state by the company in 2020, declaring that the debt recorded during the social crisis was weighing heavily on its cash flow.
  During the first six months of 2021, the investments made by the manager of the (…)

• Morocco Braces for Heavy Highway Traffic During School Holidays
  12 November 2021, by Armel

  The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) has recommended that users inquire properly about the traffic situation on the occasion of the school holidays.
  "On the occasion of the school holidays coinciding with the weekend, the National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) informs its customer-users that the entire motorway network will experience heavy traffic," ADM said in a statement.
  Thus, the highways will be heavily frequented on Friday, November 12, 2021 between 3:00 p.m. and (…)

• Morocco Invests 500 Million Dirhams Annually in Highway Maintenance, Preserving 150 km of Roads
  13 November 2021, by Armel

  The national company Moroccan Motorways devotes an envelope of around 500 million dirhams each year to ensure the maintenance of more than 150 km of motorway pavement.
  This is what the Managing Director of ADM Project, Omar Sikka, said on Thursday during a workshop on the maintenance of motorway infrastructure, organized in Kenitra by the company, under the theme "major repairs, a necessity to preserve the motorway heritage".
  In his presentation, the official recalled that the pavement (…)