Wednesday 26 March 2008

King inaugurates highway service in Tangier-Med port

King Mohammed VI of Morocco opened on Tuesday highway service in the large-scale port of Tangier-Med, valued at about USD 540Mn.

At 52km-long new road to the development of trade exchange between Morocco property and Europe, resulting in a rapidly Mediterranean coast tourist area of international magnitude, which offer transit regions and the improvement of social and economic conditions of the population.

The highway will greatly improve the safety, reduce travel time and transportation costs.

On the construction of the infrastructure to the preservation of the environment. Five viaducts were built in this regard, with a total length of more than 2 km, and 172 sewage disposal system.

Built on 40 hectares, the Tangier-Med port was launched in 2003 with a capacity of 3.5 million containers. It will be operating to full capacity by 2015. It will also include a passengers' port ready to operate by 2009.

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