Rabat, October 30, 2012 ( MAP)
Rabat, October 30, 2012 ( MAP)
The 2013 draft budget presented last week before the two houses of parliament, envisages a global investment in the public sectors of around MAD 180.3 bn mainly in transport infrastructure.
The biggest investments will be targeted towards road and highway infrastructure and pursuing the construction works of Berrechid Beni Mellal highway (172 Km) which requires about MAD 61 bn. The project provides for building the ring road of Rabat (41 Km for MAD 2,8 bn) and the launch of highway construction work linking El Jadida to Safi (140 Km for MAD 4 bn).
Authorities will carry on the expressway programme on Taza-Al Hociema stretch (MAD 2.5 bn), Selouane-Ahfir stretch (MAD 1.25 bn), Larache-Ksar El kebir stretch (MAD 283 mn) and the urban motorway of Berrechid (MAD 59 mn).
The budget allows also for launching the construction of the new port of Safi, due to be operational by 2017, the construction of sand levies around the ports of Sidi Ifni and Tarfaya for MAD 412 bn, and the start of phase I of the construction of the Tangier Med II port for about MAD 8.9 bn.
Projects include also the construction of the dams of Tamalout (Kenitra province), Titouine (Ourzazate province), Martil and Timikt (Errachidia province).
As to the development of air and rail transport infrastructure, the government will start the management works of terminal 1 of the Casablanca airport, and the construction of new terminals in Fes and Marrakech airports, in addition to carrying on the construction of the high-speed railway between Tangier and Casablanca, and revamping the Fes-Oujda and Settat-Marrakech lines.
