A new industrial zone will be born in the city of El Jadida. Covering an area of 80 hectares, this project will mobilise an investment of around 96 million dirhams. According to the Urban Agency of El Jadida, this zone will be built in accordance with environmental norms and standards. Indeed, a study recently carried out by the Urban Agency of El Jadida had shown that the extension of the current industrial zone of the city is likely to attract more investments, to accompany the socio-economic development of the city, notably the Jorf Lasfar port located about 20 km from El Jadida, and to create more jobs. The new industrial zone will be dedicated, among other things, to industrial activities in the agri-food, transport, and logistics sectors. The creation of this new industrial zone will give a boost to Doukkala-Abda. Indeed, this region does not cease to consolidate its positioning in the national economic fabric and to attract investors and economic operators. The latter do not hesitate to launch ambitious projects, thus creating added value and employment at the level of the four provinces of the region. During the year 2013, Dutch investors with Ciments du Maroc launched two wind farms of 100 MW and 10 MW in the province of Safi for an investment of 1.640 billion dirhams. There is also the project to extend the coal wharf initiated by the ONEE in the province of El Jadida and the project to build an aero-club and a summer resort centre in the province of Youssoufia initiated by the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. At the level of the Regional Investment Centre of Doukkala-Abda, emphasis is also placed on three tourist real estate residence projects in Souiria Laqdima, Bedouza, and Ayer which will require the mobilisation of 143,000 m² of surface area with an investment of around 280 million dirhams. To this, we must add the private logistics park in Haouzia for an investment amount of around 160 million dirhams. The economic dynamism that the Doukkala region is experiencing gives confidence to investment project leaders and business creators. Just during the first half of the year 2013, the Regional Investment Centre of Doukkala-Abda recorded promising results with a clear improvement in its indicators. The project portfolio will allow the injection of 6.929 billion dirhams which will create some 4,229 jobs. Their realisation will require the mobilisation of 173.89 hectares of public and private land. The balance sheet of the activities of the Regional Investment Centre in 2012 was also very reassuring. From a quantitative point of view, the portfolio of projects approved at the regional level amounted to 86 investment files for a total amount of 11.879 billion dirhams, allowing the creation of 7,839 jobs. The projects whose investment amount exceeded 200 million dirhams numbered 11. Their realisation alone had required 9.4 billion dirhams.
News 04 Jul 2014 3 min read
A new industrial zone in El Jadida: An investment of 96 million DH

