The Bouregreg valley development agency awarded a MAD491 million contract for construction of the 1,022 m-long Oudayas tunnel to Italian companies Pizzarotti and Alpi DE.CO. The CID / Lombardi JV will be responsible for the studies and technical assistance. LPEE has been commissioned with the geotechnical studies and quality control. The Kasbah of the Oudayas is ringed by impressive walls and fabulous gates and encloses a vibrant souk, a small museum of Moroccan art, lovely Andalusian gardens, and Rabat's oldest mosque built in 1150. Currently, 30,000 daily vehicles, whereof 3,500 trucks, cross the Kasbah. The tunnel will be a twin tube tunnel, with two lanes per direction. Construction will last 36 months to end in 2010. Read E-News Weekly 45/2006. Visit www.bouregreg.com, www.pizzarotti.it, www.alpideco.it, www.cid.co.ma, www.lombardi.ch and www.lpee.ma13/07.
