Moroccan highways

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• Morocco Advances Major Infrastructure Projects Despite Pandemic Challenges
  22 December 2020, by Bladi.net

  Despite the health crisis the world is going through, Morocco has maintained the course in the field of infrastructure. A major factor of growth and competitiveness, this sector remains one of the priorities of the kingdom.
  During the year 2020, the kingdom has continued the realization of major infrastructure projects. This ensures competitiveness between the different regions and attracts investors. Thus, Morocco has carried out road, maritime, air and rail infrastructure with (…)

• Chefchaouen Launches 4km Road Upgrade to Boost Safety and Ease Traffic
  2 January 2021, by Bladi.net

  The various stages of this long-awaited work are ensured by the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, reports Aujourd’hui Le Maroc. It is part of a series of road projects that are included in the ambitious urban rehabilitation and renovation program of Chefchaouen. This ambitious project will be carried out on the road axis (RN No. 412) connecting the Sefalaou bridge to the city over a length of 4 km. It also aims to relieve traffic and ensure road safety on this axis.
  It (…)

• Morocco’s Highway Authority Secures €75 Million Loan for Major Expansion Projects
  2 January 2021, by Jérôme

  In this report, Autoroutes du Maroc (ADM) reviewed the various achievements, figures and challenges that marked this year. Thus, during the year 2019, ADM signed a concessional loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for an amount of 75 million euros, or nearly 810 MDH, for the financing of the widening to 2x3 lanes of the ring roads of Casablanca and Casablanca-Berrechid. ADM also signed 52 agreements with international donors, and used in particular self-financing generated (…)

• Agadir’s 40.5 km Ring Road Project Begins: Airport-Port Connection to Boost Infrastructure
  16 January 2021, by Jérôme

  In Agadir, the development work on the first section of the Northeast Boulevard connecting the airport to the RN11 is entering the execution phase. At a cost of 770 million dirhams and 40.5 km long, the ring road will ultimately improve the journey between Al Massira Airport, the port of Agadir, the Taghazout resort, the industrial parks and the free zone, passing through the Ait Melloul industrial zone and the university complex of the city.
  The contract related to this part of the (…)

• Morocco Invests 42 Billion Dirhams in Road Infrastructure Over 4 Years
  5 February 2021, by Bladi.net

  Morocco has invested a total of 42 billion in its roads between 2017 and 2021, compared to 33 billion DH between 2012 and 2016, said the Minister of Equipment and Water, Abdelkader Amara, on Tuesday.
  During this period, the government has allocated an average annual budget of 8.4 billion DH, compared to 6.6 billion DH between 2012-2016, a growth rate of 27%, recalled Abdelkader Amara to the House of Advisors. According to the Minister of Equipment, 739 km of expressways have been built (…)

• Morocco’s Southern Expressway Project Reaches 41% Completion, Boosting Regional Development
  20 February 2021, by Jérôme

  The project, which is part of the new development model for the southern provinces of the kingdom, particularly between Tiznit and Laâyoune, has already exceeded 41% completion, said Yassine Zitoune, during a press conference during an inspection visit of the Sidi Ifni section by the governor of the province of Sidi Ifni, El Hassan Sidki. Regarding the section between Guelmim and Zrouila, the work has been completed. Between Tiznit and Sidi Bouadli, the work has reached 70% and exceeded 53% (…)

• Morocco Expands Traffic Safety Measures with 552 New Speed Cameras by 2021
  21 February 2021, by Jérôme

  Thus, over 3 years, a total of 552 fixed radars have been made available to traffic control agents, said the Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara, specifying that 148 will be installed inside and outside urban areas to control speed and compliance with traffic lights.
  The National Road Safety Agency (NARSA) is working to locate the sites and complete the installation and operation of the 552 units that will be operational in 2021. Speed control devices (…)

• Minister Demands Acceleration of Delayed Marrakech-Ouarzazate Road Project
  24 February 2021, by Bladi.net

  Initially scheduled for 2022, the delivery of this work could be delayed. Concerned by this situation which penalizes the users of this section, the Minister of Equipment declared that he had given firm instructions to the companies concerned to respect the procedures during a meeting devoted to the examination of the progress of the development work on this national road.
  During this meeting, the participants were informed of the site visit reports, specifies the minister on his Facebook (…)

• 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 to Open Largest Bridge Linking Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa in 2022
  9 April 2021, by Jérôme

  The largest bridge connecting Europe and sub-Saharan Africa via Morocco will be operational in 2022, the completion date of the expressway project in the Tiznit-Dakhla region.
  The Minister of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, Abdelkader Amara, on an inspection visit to the work of the great project of the transcontinental road to connect Europe to sub-Saharan Africa via Morocco, indicated on Thursday that the construction site in the province of Tarfaya in the Laâyoune-Sakia El (…)