This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Hibapress
105 kilometers long, the Guecif-Nador motorway, which will link the Nador West Med port complex to the national motorway network, is a structuring project that will strengthen the infrastructure and economic connectivity of the Oriental region.
This important project, which translates the enlightened vision of King Mohammed VI to promote a harmonious and balanced development of the different regions of the kingdom and ensure spatial justice in the distribution of structuring infrastructure projects, is one of the strategic components of the road network development program in the Oriental region, and strengthening its connection to the national motorway network.
In addition, the complementarity between the Guecif-Nador highway and the Nador West Med port is able to constitute an essential element to strengthen the logistical competitiveness of the Oriental region, by attracting new investments and by creating direct and indirect job opportunities, in addition to boosting industrial areas and comforting the attractiveness of Nador as an economic and logistics pole and integrated.
One of the strategic objectives of this project, which is part of the program to improve access to the port of Nador West Med, is to facilitate the circulation of citizens and to strengthen the spatial integration of the region, in particular by connecting it to large cities such as Fez, Rabat and Casablanca.
This connectivity will promote the economic and tourist development of the Oriental region and will strengthen the position of Morocco as a commercial and logistics hub at regional and international levels.
The Regional Director of Equipment, Transport and Logistics of the Oriental, Zouhair Bensebou, explained, in a declaration to the MAP, that this project which is part of the royal initiative for the development of the Oriental, will help to provide this region with a high quality road infrastructure and to strengthen its economic competitiveness.
Mr. Bensebou stressed that this important project, which is running for 105 kilometers, with a financial envelope of 7.9 billion dirhams (MMDH), in addition to around 2 MMDH dedicated to the improvement of the national and regional road network leading to the port, will allow the new port to be linked as well as the provinces of Nador and Driouch to the national motorway network.
He added that the Guecif-Nador highway, whose completion is scheduled for 2028, supports a set of major development projects, through the improvement of the road connectivity of the new port, which will allow fluid circulation of goods from and to the national and international markets.
The importance of this project, he put forward, lies in the considerable reduction in the journey time between the port and the rest of the Moroccan cities and in the improvement of the fluidity of transport, in particular with the increase in the volume of trade linked to the new port, thus contributing to the improvement of logistics services, to the reduction of the transport costs of goods, in addition to ensuring rapid and safe access to the port and strengthening the competitiveness of Marocan exports.
This project, will also create new employment opportunities, will develop industrial zones, stimulate the local and regional economy and strengthen the position of the Oriental region as a strategic economic pole of the kingdom, he added, noting that the strengthening of the connection with major cities will contribute to the development of trade, tourism and other economic sectors in the region.
For his part, the representative of the National Highway Society in Morocco, Ilyasse El Moueden, stressed that this project, whose work is progressing according to the established calendar, was divided into three sections, noting that the rate of progress of construction work on the third section has reached 35%, thanks to 100% Moroccan skills.
He stressed that the process of clearing the road grip for the first and second sections has been completed, and the completion of tenders for the start of work on these sections are completed.
He explained that the Guecif-Nador motorway is a project which includes the realization of more than 30 million cubic meters of earthworks (excavation and backfilling), the creation of 15 large works of art, as well as higher and lower passages to streamline traffic, and other components.
He continued that the project also includes the construction of the SAKA interchange on the regional road n ° 512 and the Driouch exchanger on the national road n ° 2, in addition to a rest area and the toll stations.
