How can Rabat and the two neighbouring cities (Sale and Temara) be made into an integrated and complementary agglomeration? This is one of the major concerns of local actors. Contacted by "Le Matin", the director of the Rabat-Sale Urban Agency, Khalid Ouaya, points out that the subject is of the highest importance. He explains that the duty of the AURS (Rabat-Sale Urban Agency), as an establishment functioning as a design office at the service of local authorities, is to design plans as close as possible to their ambitions and to meet the expectations of their populations and their needs in terms of equipment and infrastructure in particular. And this, without losing sight of the requirements of future urban and human development in a context of spatial competitiveness accentuated by globalisation and the national and international economic situation. "To achieve this objective of an integrated and complementary agglomeration, the involvement of all partners (local authority, the relevant ministerial departments, and representatives of the agglomeration's population) in all phases of planning has constituted the AURS's working basis. The Urban Agency has indeed held a good number of consultation meetings on the matter," he says.

To guarantee a dynamic for the development plans currently being drawn up within the framework of a 30-year prospective vision, the AURS has approached the Metropoli Foundation, the most prestigious institution in terms of intelligent urban planning. The Urban Agency is counting on the technical assistance of this foundation in the process of shaping the agglomeration so that it meets the requirements of the third millennium with complete serenity. In this context, several projects are outlined: urban mobility, respect for the environmental dimension in urban planning, guarantee of local facilities, development of city entrances, enhancement of architectural and landscape heritage, creation of a multimodal transport hub, restructuring of disadvantaged neighbourhoods, enhancement of neighbourhoods through urban renewal operations... Furthermore, an "integrated and complementary agglomeration" assumes, according to the Urban Agency, "solidarity between the territories constituting the cities of the agglomeration". This solidarity must manifest itself at the level of the programming of major facilities that are lacking, the implementation of the necessary infrastructure, as well as the facilitation of circulation between the different spaces. "The AURS ensures, within the framework of the Unified Development Plans, that the functions of the cities are confirmed, affirmed, prominent, and complementary, that the missing facilities are planned and realised for the benefit of the agglomeration's population, and that the fast access routes to these facilities are available and easy (reorganisation of traffic and transport, extension of the tramway line...). And this, in accordance with the principle of spatial solidarity where the human dimension constitutes the main axis," notes Khalid Ouaya.