This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press. Rabat
The Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, said that the government managed to increase the percentage of roads considered in good or excellent condition to 64% of the total road network in Morocco, compared to 60%. The minister affirmed the ministry’s intention to continue efforts to increase this percentage to 67% by 2027, within the framework of the total value of the national road network, estimated at 254 billion dirhams.
During a session in the House of Councilors on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, the minister explained that the government seeks to reduce regional differences between regions in terms of the quality of road infrastructure. Highlighting that there are notable differences between regions. The percentage reaches 64% in the Tangier-Tétouan-Al Hoceima region, and 68% in the Oriental region, but it does not exceed 50.7% in the Fès-Meknes region, 58% in the Rabat-Salé-Kenitra region, and 54%. % in the Casablanca-Settat region, while the percentage reaches 68% in the Souss-Massa region.
Baraka added that the southern regions recorded percentages higher than the national average, reaching 92% in the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, 95% in the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region and 86% in the Dakhla- Oued Eddahab. He stressed that these disparities require concentrating efforts to improve the condition of roads in low-tariff areas, which has led to allocating 47% of the road budget to infrastructure maintenance.
