Moroccan highways

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• Rabat Nears Completion of Two Major Underpasses to Ease Traffic Flow
  6 August 2020, by Bladi.net

  As part of the Rabat, City of Lights development program (2014-2018), the administrative capital has planned the construction of two underpasses. These road infrastructures, almost completed, will soon be inaugurated to relieve road users.
  In the administrative capital of the Kingdom, the coronavirus pandemic did not prevent the city from completing construction sites started just three months ago, reports Le360. The two new underpasses are located on Bab El Had square (center) and at the (…)

• Major Highway Upgrades to Cause Delays Between Marrakech and Casablanca
  23 September 2020, by Jérôme

  The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) informs users that, from September 23 to 30, 2020, the Berrechid-Est interchange will undergo upgrading and redevelopment work. This work will result in temporary traffic disruptions.
  The necessary safety devices and signage have been installed in the appropriate places to facilitate the circulation of customer-users. ADM apologizes for the inconvenience caused by this work.
  "This work will result in temporary traffic disruption on the (…)

• Morocco Upgrades Casablanca-Berrechid Highway with New Toll System to Ease Traffic
  19 October 2020, by Bladi.net

  The new generation of toll booths equipped with a new toll system on the Casablanca-Berrechid motorway was put into service on Saturday by the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara.
  To improve traffic flow, the government has launched new generation toll booths. Several months after intense work, the new toll system on the Casa-Berrechid motorway is finally operational. The work has made it possible to remove two toll booths, one located in Berrechid (…)

• Morocco Advances Plans for Major Marrakech-Fez Highway Project
  7 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  Pending the completion of the financial arrangement, engineers, technical study offices, ministry officials and the Minister of Equipment have discussed the route of the Marrakech-Fez highway in order to materialize it as soon as possible.
  The Marrakech-Fez highway project is taking shape. In this regard, a meeting was held at the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water to take stock of the project.
  The stakeholders gathered around this project shared their observations on (…)

• Casablanca’s Smart City Vision Delayed: 3,000 Surveillance Cameras Project Stalls
  22 November 2020, by Jérôme

  The flagship projects planned to be delivered by the end of 2020 in the economic capital of Morocco will not be. Casablanca is still waiting for the 3,000 video surveillance cameras.
  Just like the Arab League urban park and the velodrome, which will probably not be put into service before the end of this year, the project to equip Casablanca with an intelligent and optimized urban surveillance system, including a fleet of 3,000 video surveillance cameras, cannot be finalized, reports Le (…)

• Agadir’s $77 Million Northeast Bypass Road Secures Full Funding for 29km Project
  22 November 2020, by Bladi.net

  An envelope of 770 million DH has been mobilized for the realization of the Agadir bypass road. This project is part of the Urban Development Program of the city of Agadir (2020-2024), launched by King Mohammed VI in February.
  With a length of 29 km, the construction of this ring road is ensured by several partners including the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water (32.5%/250MDH), the Souss Massa Region (26%/200MDH), the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Green Economy and (…)

• Morocco to Begin Construction on 105-km Nador-Guercif Highway in 2021
  3 December 2020, by Bladi.net

  The Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water announced, on Tuesday, November 24, the launch of the construction work for the highway section connecting Nador to Guercif for early 2021.
  This announcement was made during a meeting that brought together the central officials of the Ministry of Equipment and the National Company of Motorways of Morocco.
  This project covers a distance of 105 km and includes three sections, namely Guercif-Saka over 36.5 km, Saka-Driouch over 40.5 (…)

• Moroccan Entrepreneur Develops Smart Helmet to Combat Motorcycle Fatalities
  5 December 2020, by Jérôme

  In Morocco, motorcycles are the second leading cause of road deaths, accounting for about 29% of accidents, according to the latest report from the International Transport Forum (FIT), noting that the low rate of helmet wearing is the cause of the recorded deaths.
  Entrepreneur Abid Khirani, concerned about this situation, has developed a helmet equipped with a device that alerts emergency services and loved ones in the event of an accident. Called Casky, this technological gem aims to make (…)

• Morocco Unveils $1 Billion Plan for New Highways and Expressways
  9 December 2020, by Ginette

  Minister Abdelkader Amara presented on Monday to the House of Representatives the road projects of his ministry, including the Fez-Taounate expressway.
  With a total cost of 4.6 billion DH, this is a project scheduled to be executed in 2021-2022. Among the ministry’s road projects, there are also the Tetouan-Chefchaouen, Salé-Sidi Allal El Bahraoui expressways, over a length of 20 km, the northeast bypass expressway around Agadir of 45 km, and the one connecting Nador and its port "Nador (…)

• Morocco Invests 2.4 Billion Dirhams to Upgrade Fez-Meknes Road Network
  14 December 2020, by Jérôme

  As part of the strengthening of the road network in the Fez region, six partnership agreements with an investment of more than 2.4 billion Dh were signed on Friday. The ceremony was chaired by the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara.
  These agreements relating to the realization of the priority projects of the 2020-2022 regional development program on the road plan, concern the twinning of national road No. 8 connecting Fez to Taounate, with an (…)