Guelmim-Smara: The national rural roads programme 86% complete

The second National Rural Roads Programme (PNRR II) in the Guelmim-Smara region, endowed with a budget of more than 870 million DH, is 86% complete.The remaining projects (202 km) will be launched soon, stressed the regional director of the Ministry of Equipment and Transport, Mohamed Benalla, during a presentation on Wednesday at the May session of the Regional Council.On this occasion, Mr. Benalla called on local authorities to adhere to the efforts deployed with the aim of accelerating the pace of the implementation of this programme, which aims to increase the rate of access of the rural population to the road network from 38% in 2005 to 83% at the end of the current year.The implementation of this programme, which covers the construction and development of 1418 km of roads, is being done within the framework of a convention between the State (85%), represented by the Minister of Eq…