The Algerian Council of Ministers has approved two contracts for stretches of road on the Hauts Plateaux motorway.
No details of the contractors were given for the work that is to link Lambidiri to Draa Lahmar via Ouled Fadhel. Construction is expected to take 18 months.
Last March,3260 World Highways reported that work on the 1,000km Hauts-Plateaux motorway project was to begin that month. Construction cost for motorway’s 10 sections was estimated to be around US$8.94 billion, according to Algerian Minister for Public Works Farouk Chiali.
He said local firms are being contracted to carry out the works exclusively, with each section requiring 36 months of work.
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Chiali, who made the announcement, said road improvements will include construction of more than 1,000km of motorways including the Hauts Plateaux project, 700km of expressways and bypasses and more than 7,000km of trunk roads and secondary roads. Around 1,500 public engineering projects will also receive funding, he said.
Major improvements will also be made to road signage, according to a report by the national news agency Algerie Presse Service. New urban motorways will link the Mediterranean ports of Tenes, Bejaia and Jijel to the East-West Motorway.
The total cost of the East-West Motorway was around $11 billion with work done by several Chinese-Japanese consortia.
No details of the contractors were given for the work that is to link Lambidiri to Draa Lahmar via Ouled Fadhel. Construction is expected to take 18 months.
Last March,
He said local firms are being contracted to carry out the works exclusively, with each section requiring 36 months of work.
Chiali, who made the announcement, said road improvements will include construction of more than 1,000km of motorways including the Hauts Plateaux project, 700km of expressways and bypasses and more than 7,000km of trunk roads and secondary roads. Around 1,500 public engineering projects will also receive funding, he said.
Major improvements will also be made to road signage, according to a report by the national news agency Algerie Presse Service. New urban motorways will link the Mediterranean ports of Tenes, Bejaia and Jijel to the East-West Motorway.
The total cost of the East-West Motorway was around $11 billion with work done by several Chinese-Japanese consortia.
