Fes-Oujda expressway

Fes-Oujda Expressway is a motorway under construction in Northern Morocco.

The motorway will be an extension on the existing Rabat - Meknes - Fes expressway.Work started in 2007 and planned opening is in 2010Details from [http://www.adm.co.ma/projects.cfm?id=3|Project page] , ADM website, visited 1 Aug. 2008]

Finance

The projected costs for the construction are 9125 Million Dirhams, exluding costs for buying or aquiring land.

The ADM signed an agreement with the "Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development" for a financial injection of the ADM of 2000 MDH in 2005 and invited external investors for participation.

The main investors are: (all in Million Dirham, unless other stated)

* BID - Islamic Bank for Development - 1080
* FADES -Arab Fund for social and economic development - 1800
* FKDEA- Kuwait Fund for Arab and Economic Development - 900
* a fund related to the OPEC - 225
* FEMIP- European Fund Euro-Medit. Inv&Partnersh. - € 180 M [ [http://www.welcomeurope.com/default.asp?id=1300&idnews=4275&genre=0 European pressrelease] visited 1 August 2008]
* FAD - Fonds d’Abou Dhabi - 225

ections

The construction is divided into ten sections:
* 1 : Fès – PK 43,9 (43,9 km) ;
* 2 : PK 43,9 – Béni Bouzert (28,1 km) ;
* 3 : Béni Bouzert – Oued Amlil (20 km) ;
* 4 : Oued Amlil – PK 110 (18 km) ;
* 5 : PK 110 – Taza (17 km) ;
* 6 : Taza – Guercif (67 km) ;
* 7 : Guercif - Taourirt (34 km) ;
* 8 : Taourirt – Laayoun (53 km) ;
* 9 : Laayoun – PK 316 (35 km) ;
*10 : PK 316 – Oujda (12 km).

Several national and international contructors work on one or more sections of the road. Most international contractors have worked/are working for ADM on other projects such as the Marrakech-Agadir expressway

Network

This stretch is an important part of the Moroccan East-West corridor and will also be a part of the so called "l’Autoroute Maghrébine" which will run from Nouakchott (captial of Mauritania) all the way to Tobruk in Libya.

The road will improve the access to and from many cities along the Mediterranean coast. Another project improving transport in the North is the new railroad to the port of Nador and Spanish enclave Melilla

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