After years of waiting, the Tangier-Tetouan highway project will finally come to fruition. The Ministry of Equipment has just launched a consultation to update the definition study of this section which will be connected to the Tetouan-Fnideq highway.
«This link will have the main objective of significantly reducing the distance and travel time between the two poles of Tangier and Tetouan and will relieve the RN2“, we read in a document accompanying the call for tenders.
This project will strengthen the transport offer in the metropolis of Tangier and adjacent cities. “It must make it possible to provide appropriate solutions in terms of planning, costs and satisfaction of needs on the basis of relevant technical, economic and environmental studies.», Adds the same source.
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The consultation of the Ministry of Equipment also provides for a preliminary study focused on the analysis of the corridor selected at the end of the initial definition study, proposing modifications which will take into account the constraints, projects and planning documents. urban planning.
The service provider will be required to carry out a traffic and operating system study of the motorway axis and its connection with the Tetouan – Fnideq motorway. “A perfect knowledge of the socio-economic environment in which the project is located, mastery of the main macro-economic indicators, a detailed characterization of the supply and a relevant modeling of the demand are necessary axes to carry out this study», Specifies the Ministry of Equipment.
