Abandonment of the revision operation of the Jbel Kébir development plan

The local authorities of Tangier decided on Wednesday to put an end to the revision operation of the development plan for the Jbel Kébir area, the Achakar road, and Ziaten, a project that has sparked controversy within civil society and local political actors.According to the local authorities, this operation, which concerned an area endowed with great natural potential with dense forest cover and a position between the Strait of Gibraltar and the Atlantic Ocean, has been stopped pending the global revision of the development plan for the city of Tangier, expected in the coming months.The announcement of the launch of the revision operation of the development plan for the Jbel Kébir area had sparked fears regarding a possible opening of the forest space to urbanisation, despite the explanations of the local authorities who had assured that the revision was in the direction of reducing u…