Morocco Plans Highway Extension from Agadir to Tiznit

The road network in southern Morocco could be further enriched. The Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, mentioned the project to extend the Marrakech-Agadir highway to Tiznit, the starting point of the expressway to Dakhla. Currently, the connection is made via national road No. 1.

Preliminary studies have been launched for the 77-kilometer extension of the highway, at an estimated cost of 6 billion dirhams, the minister said.

The Tiznit-Dakhla expressway is already operational over 950 kilometers. The last segments, particularly on the Tiznit-Guelmim axis, are almost completed. The operations still concern some signage, access roads and interchanges. Five of the eight sections in the region, totaling 105 kilometers, are completed. The remaining three will be completed very soon.

The Tiznit-Dakhla expressway, with a total cost of around 10 billion dirhams, is part of the development of the southern provinces. This project will impact more than 2.2 million inhabitants in ten provinces and four regions: Souss-Massa, Guelmim-Oued Noun, Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra and Dakhla-Oued Eddahab.