Tunisia: Kairouan-Sousse motorway tender due in September

The invitation to tender for the Kairouan-Sousse motorway will be issued in early September, according to Tunis Afrique Press. Mohamed Salah Arfaoui, the Tunisian Minister for Infrastructure, Housing and Territorial Development, made the announcement, saying that the project is expected to cost around US$70 million. Financing will be aided by the World Bank, he added. Meanwhile, construction started in November on the last part of the Trans-Sahara Highway connecting the Algerian capital Algiers to the Niger
March 18, 2015 Read time: 2 mins
The invitation to tender for the Kairouan-Sousse motorway will be issued in early September, according to Tunis Afrique Press.

Mohamed Salah Arfaoui, the Tunisian Minister for Infrastructure, Housing and Territorial Development, made the announcement, saying that the project is expected to cost around US$70 million. Financing will be aided by the 2332 World Bank, he added.

Meanwhile, construction started in November on the last part of the Trans-Sahara Highway connecting the Algerian capital Algiers to the Nigerian capital and port Lagos.

The final section of the 4,500km route is a 225km stretch connecting the town of Arlit in landlocked Niger to the Algerian town of In Guezzam on Niger’s northern border with Algeria. Airlit is a major industrial town built around the area’s uranium mines.

When completed, the Trans-Sahara Highway will connect the Mediterranean coast to Africa’s Atlantic coast and is expected to bring significant economic benefit to the region as well as to the local economies of the areas through which it passes. Mali and Niger are two of the poorest nations in Africa as it will help boost trade, which is also crucial for improving stability.
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