Algeria is to invest close to US$55 billion (DZD 4.3 trillion) on developing road and motorway infrastructure from 2015-19. Farouk Chiali, the Algerian public works minister, said that during the 2015-19 period, said the huge investment would include road bridges and other civil engineering structures.
Among projects to be carried out during the period include starting work on building the $8.95 billion 1,000km Hauts-plateaux motorway. The contract for building the motorway will be awarded to Algerian companies. Other projects include expressways linking Ténès, Bejaia and Jijel ports in northern Algeria to the East-West highway.
Chiali said that $63.89 billion has been invested over the last decade in the public works sector, enabling the creation of over two million jobs. In Algeria there are over 1,000km of motorways, 700km of expressways and ring roads, over 7,000km of main roads and close to 1,500 road structures.
Among projects to be carried out during the period include starting work on building the $8.95 billion 1,000km Hauts-plateaux motorway. The contract for building the motorway will be awarded to Algerian companies. Other projects include expressways linking Ténès, Bejaia and Jijel ports in northern Algeria to the East-West highway.
Chiali said that $63.89 billion has been invested over the last decade in the public works sector, enabling the creation of over two million jobs. In Algeria there are over 1,000km of motorways, 700km of expressways and ring roads, over 7,000km of main roads and close to 1,500 road structures.
