Morocco Begins Construction on 60km Casablanca-Rabat Highway to Ease Traffic Congestion

Completely completed studies, land ownership - where the new road will pass - future expropriations identified... The work to be done before the continental highway project between Rabat and Casablanca enters its execution phase is almost finished, says the weekly Challenge. All the ministries concerned are contributing to the project. The Ministry of the Interior is working on the start of public impact surveys in about ten rural and urban municipalities (Cherrat, Aïn Tizgha, Fedalate, Bouznika, Chellalat, Beni Yakhlef, Sidi Moussa Ben Ali and Sidi Moussa El Mejdoub) located between Rabat and Casablanca starting January 22, 2024. The surveys will last 20 days. The total estimated cost of the project is 5 billion dirhams.

The new 60 km highway is scheduled to be completed in 2026, well before Morocco, Spain and Portugal co-host the 2030 World Cup. It will not only support the main one saturated by traffic, but it will also serve the new large stadium in Casablanca that will be built in Benslimane near the military airport. The "enormous pressure constituted by the traffic from the north of the country to Marrakech which always passes through Casablanca pending the commissioning of the new Tit Mellil-Berrechid highway" could also be conjugated in the past.

With a length of 30 km, the Tit Mellil-Berrechid highway will connect the Casablanca ring road (A1) to the Casablanca-Marrakech highway (A3) and the Berrechid-Beni Mellal highway (A4) at the Berrechid highway interchange. This project, with a total investment estimated at 2.5 billion dirhams, aims to facilitate the traffic transiting through Greater Casablanca and reduce the travel time for users from the north and east to the south of the kingdom. It is mainly financed by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD).