HIBAPRESS – A. Mahyaoui
Rashid Benchikhi, the Governor of the Taza region, conducted a field visit yesterday, Monday, November 24, 2025, to a number of development sites open in the city of Taza, as part of following up on urban rehabilitation projects and ensuring their implementation according to the specified schedule, and strengthening the policy of proximity and direct communication with various stakeholders.
The inspection tour included a number of projects included in the second phase of the urban development and rehabilitation of under-equipped neighborhoods program 2023-2026, which were completed within the framework of a partnership agreement to finance and rehabilitate a group of the main axes in the city, where the visit included:
Preparation of March 3rd Street at a cost of 24.3 million dirhams, with the completion rate of road works reaching 85% and public lighting 15%.
Preparing Allal Al-Fassi Street with a financial envelope of 22.7 million dirhams, where road works reached 40% and lighting reached 80%.
Preparing Mohammed V Street with an investment of 18.6 million dirhams, and road works have been completed by 100%.
Preparing Moulay Youssef Street at a cost of 21.9 million dirhams, with a progress rate of 25% in road works.
Preparing Ceuta Street with an envelope of 15 million dirhams, where road works reached 10%.
Rehabilitation of the eastern entrance to the city (Bir Anzaran Street, Al Montazah neighborhood, Al Massira 2 neighborhood) at a cost of 35 million dirhams, and the road progress rate reached 87% and lighting 80%.
During these tours, technical explanations were presented to the Governor by representatives of the Al Omrane Fes-Meknes Foundation, as the project owner, regarding the stages of work and progress rates, in addition to the difficulties facing some sites and ways to address them to ensure the optimal progress of the projects.
The Governor of the region also reviewed the work of doubling the western entrance to the city via national road number 6, which is a massive project with a cost of 160 million dirhams, funded in partnership between the Ministry of Equipment and Water, the Ministry of Interior, and the Taza community, and the progress rate of the work reached about 10%.
During the visit, the Governor of the region stressed the need to continue coordination between the various departments, accelerate the pace of work, and ensure compliance with the quality standards stipulated in the liability books, stressing the importance of addressing the constraints presented to ensure the readiness of these projects within the specified deadlines.
These projects fall within the framework of strengthening the infrastructure of the city of Taza, improving its economic and social attractiveness, raising the quality of life for residents, in addition to improving road safety and facilitating access to basic services, which enhances the city's position as an integrated and active urban center within the Fes-Meknes region.
