
Morocco Tackles Aging Vehicle Fleet with Transport Sector Overhaul
Until December, the services of the Ministry of Transport processed some 900 requests for vehicle renewal.

Until December, the services of the Ministry of Transport processed some 900 requests for vehicle renewal.

The Ministry of Transport and Logistics met on Wednesday with Moroccan truckers to discuss the problems facing the sector and hampering the smooth running of activities.

The national company Autoroutes du Maroc will put into service, this Wednesday, the third lane from PK60 to PK69+500 of the Casablanca bypass highway.

The national company Moroccan Motorways devotes an envelope of around 500 million dirhams each year to ensure the maintenance of more than 150 km of motorway pavement.

The National Motorway Company of Morocco (ADM) has recommended that users inquire properly about the traffic situation on the occasion of the school holidays.

International road hauliers (TIR) are increasingly unable to carry out their activities. The reason is the refusal of the French embassy to grant visas to former carriers, particularly those in the South zone.

Barid Cash and Al Barid Bank have mobilized their agencies to facilitate the filing of driver’s license and vehicle registration applications for Moroccans, without having to go to vehicle registration centers. The operation starts first in Casablanca on August 9.

Nearly half of Moroccans say they are dissatisfied with public transport according to the results of a survey. From Rabat to Casablanca, as well as in the big cities, the sector does not seem to meet the expectations of users.

After the completion of the first phase taking into account Boulevard Hassan 2 and the post office at the end of 2020, the second phase of the redevelopment work on Mohammed V Avenue has started. This operation concerns the post office and the Assouna mosque.

The Société nationale des autoroutes du Maroc (ADM), the delegated project owner for the construction of the Guercif-Nador highway, has just officially taken over the project. The company signed a convention on Friday in Rabat with the Ministry of Equipment, Transport, Logistics and Water, for the conduct of the construction work on the highway.

This Ramadan month has already recorded its share of tragedies with the death of four young men in a car accident, this Thursday, April 15, 2021, near Chefchaouen.

A Polish tourist was killed in a traffic accident caused by the president of a municipality in Essaouira. She was cycling with her Moroccan friend when they were hit by the vehicle whose driver, according to witnesses, would have lost control.