Key Algerian highway to be tolled

Work is now underway to set up the tolling system for Algeria’s East-West highway. The project is costing US$1.29 billion and will be carried out by three different consortia, owing mainly to the length of the route. Work for the eastern stretch of the highway will be carried out by a consortium comprising the Italian groups CMC, Proger, Cordioli & C, Ducati Italia and Tecnositaf, and the Algerian groups Rotahem and Imet. This will cost some $378.5 million. Meanwhile the work for the western stretch of the
January 23, 2013 Read time: 2 mins
Work is now underway to set up the tolling system for Algeria’s East-West highway. The project is costing US$1.29 billion and will be carried out by three different consortia, owing mainly to the length of the route. Work for the eastern stretch of the highway will be carried out by a consortium comprising the Italian groups CMC, Proger, Cordioli & C, Ducati Italia and Tecnositaf, and the Algerian groups Rotahem and Imet. This will cost some $378.5 million. Meanwhile the work for the western stretch of the route will be carried out by a consortium made up of Spanish firm Sice, Algerian company ETRHB and Portuguese company Texeira Duarte while it will cost some $331.7 million. And the work on the central stretch of the highway will cost $585.24 million and be carried out by a consortium that includes Cosider TP, Cosider Construction, Spanish company 5264 Indra and Swedish firm 7109 Ericsson.

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