Nizar Baraka

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• Morocco’s Construction Boom: Public Investment Surges 56% to 64 Billion Dirhams
  3 March 2024, by Said

  The Moroccan construction and public works (BTP) sector is booming. In 2024, public investment in this area saw a staggering increase of 56% compared to the previous year, reaching an amount of 64 billion dirhams (DH).
  This financial windfall, announced by the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, during an information day on February 29, aims to stimulate economic growth and create sustainable jobs.
  The construction sector plays a crucial role in the Moroccan economy, (…)

• The Tanger Med highway: a danger for motorists
  14 March 2024, by Sylvanus

  The state of deterioration of the highway leading to the port of Tanger Med where many accident cases continue to be recorded is a concern for the deputy of the parliamentary group of the Party of Justice and Development, Salwa El Bardaï. She has questioned the Minister of Water and Equipment, Nizar Baraka.
  "This road experiences a lot of traffic due to the major importance it holds, being located in an essential economic area in the field of transporting people and goods in our country, (…)

• Morocco Accelerates Highway Construction for 2030 World Cup and Economic Growth
  14 May 2024, by Said

  Morocco is accelerating the construction of its highways to be ready for the 2030 FIFA World Cup and other major international events. This is the promise made by Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, during his appearance at the Council of Advisors this Tuesday.
  Main objective: to connect the major cities of the country by modern highways. The Rabat-Casablanca highway, the centerpiece of the plan, will be completed by 2030, serving the future large stadium in Benslimane. Another (…)

• Morocco Revives Plans for Marrakech Highway Bypass Project
  25 May 2024, by Sylvanus

  Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, is reviving the project for the eastern highway bypass of the city of Marrakech.
  The Ministry of Equipment and Water is working on updating the definition study of the eastern highway bypass of the city of Marrakech for a budget of 3 million dirhams. This study, with an execution time of six months, will focus on preliminary and definition studies, as well as a traffic and operation study, according to Médias24.
  It is the examination of the (…)

• Morocco Expands Highway Network Ahead of 2030 World Cup Co-Hosting
  28 May 2024, by Prince

  Morocco is working to strengthen its road and highway network, in preparation for the 2030 World Cup that it is organizing alongside Spain and Portugal.
  Currently, Morocco has a highway network of 2,000 km, said Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, during an oral question session at the House of Representatives, ensuring that his department is working to maintain and strengthen road infrastructure in accordance with safety standards, in order to ensure traffic fluidity in (…)

• Morocco Invests $320 Million in Massive Road Infrastructure Expansion
  20 June 2024, by Said

  The Moroccan government is going all out on the development of road infrastructure. In 2023, a budget of 3.2 billion dirhams has been allocated for the construction of more than 750 km of roads. This vast investment program aims to stimulate the country’s economic attractiveness, facilitate trade and open up rural areas.
  Among the flagship projects underway is the expressway connecting Tiznit to Dakhla, the completion of the sections of which is at a very advanced stage. The remaining (…)

• Morocco Invests 18 Billion Dirhams Annually in Road Safety and Infrastructure Projects
  19 July 2024, by Prince

  The Ministry of Equipment and Water invests nearly 18 billion dirhams each year to implement road projects, said Nizar Baraka on Wednesday, during a conference in Rabat.
  In his speech at the opening of the national conference organized by the ministry, in partnership with the Permanent Moroccan Association of Road Congresses (AMPCR), on the theme "Exploitation and Road Safety in Mountain Areas", Baraka indicated that his department regularly deploys specialized teams to reopen roads in (…)

• Morocco Begins Construction on Massive $138 Million Bridge in Western Sahara
  30 July 2024, by Prince

  Nizar Baraka, the Minister of Equipment and Water, launched the construction work of the bridge over the Oued Sakia El Hamra, at the level of the ring road of the city of Laâyoune. Costing 1.38 billion dirhams, these works should last 40 months.
  This project is part of the large-scale Tiznit-Dakhla expressway project, which is part of the new development model for the southern provinces of the Kingdom. The bridge over the Oued Sakia El Hamra will be 1,648 meters long and 21.4 meters wide. (…)

• Morocco Denies Cloud Seeding Caused Devastating Floods, Cites Tropical Air Mass
  12 September 2024, by Prince

  The Moroccan authorities have denied rumors indicating that cloud seeding would be the cause of the heavy rains that caused flooding in several regions of the kingdom.
  Houssein Youabed, head of communication at the Directorate General of Meteorology (DGM), assured that the showers that hit the south-eastern and Atlas regions are not due to cloud seeding, but rather to "a strong influence of a very unstable tropical air mass, product of the exceptional rise of the Intertropical Front (ITF) (…)

• Morocco Advances Plans for New Tangier-Tetouan Highway Project
  7 October 2024, by Sylvanus

  The Ministry of Equipment and Water is working on the realization of a highway between Tangier and Tetouan to then connect Fnideq, which already exists. In this sense, the department of Nizar Baraka is launching the definition studies of a high-level service highway axis between Tangier and Tetouan.
  A step forward for the project to connect the highway of the city of the strait with that of Tetouan-Fnideq. The Ministry of Equipment and Water will soon launch the studies for the (…)