Urban upgrading programme 55% complete

The monitoring and execution committee for the urban upgrading programme of the city of Fez met last week to take stock of the progress of the said programme, which covers a total area of 1,587 hectares.The progress of the urban upgrading programme of the city of Fez, which was launched in April 2011 by H.M. King Mohammed VI, has reached 55%, indicated the Director General of the Al Omrane-Fez company, El Mehdi Sebti. Speaking last Thursday in Fez during the meeting of the programme's monitoring and execution committee, he stressed that the company, in charge of its implementation in partnership with all stakeholders, including local authorities, elected officials, and other concerned institutions, has completed many projects of this programme in numerous neighbourhoods.The projects carried out within the framework of this programme, the cost of which amounts to 756 million DH, with a f…