History
The first expressway in the country was the A1 Casablanca-Rabat. Construction of the first section started in 1975. Completion of this road between the economic and the administrative capitals took 13 years. Originally, use of the road was free of charge. The toll-road system was introduced as one measure to prevent lengthy construction times, as happened with this first road. Finding investors for new roads would be easier if these roads generated their own revenue to repay investors.Realized
In 2006, it was announced that ADM will be investing 6.18 billionPlanned
The Kingdom of Morocco is planning investments of around €23 billion in road construction until 2035. The Moroccan government has announced that more than 5,500 kilometres of new highways and expressways are to be constructed with investment totalling €8.8 billion. This includes 700 km of 3x2 roads that will be constructed. Also 45,000 km of new rural roads will be created in rural areas and the modernization of 7,000 km of rural roads. It is part of new plan of the Moroccan Ministry of Transport, which will invest 660 billionCompleted roads
The main Moroccan expressways are: * Rabat Ring Road (42 km) * A1 Casablanca-Rabat (86 km) * A1 Casablanca–Safi (255 km) * A2 Rabat-Fes (190 km) * A2 Fes-Oujda (306 km) * A3 Casablanca-Marrakesh (220 km) * A3 extension to Agadir (233 km) * A4 Berrechid-Benni Mellal (172 km) * A5 Rabat-Tangier Med (308 km) * A7 Tetouan-Fnideq (28 km) The construction history of these expressways by segment is as follows:Data obtained froRoad safety
In 2007 762 accidents with casualties were reported, a 5% increase on 2006. The accident-rate per 100 million traveled kilometers dropped by 20% from 30.2 to 24.1 between these years, but the total number as well as rate of deaths didn't go down. A breakdown of these figures:Official safety figuresIncreasing road-safety
Increasing safety is an important goal for the ADM: the new autoroutes are designed to improve safety and the ADM also believes that extending the express-way network will increase overall safety as the through-going (and often high-speed) traffic is moved away from the Route Nationals, that run through the cities and villages along the way. Expressways also use non-level crossings and because there is no oncoming traffic overtaking cars is safer than on normal roads. The ADM also publishes accident figures to increase the attention of the public in road-safety. In the first quarter of 2011 the number of accidents on expressways with injuries fell 21% compared to the same period in 2010Newsarticle on ADM websitSee also
* List of roads and highways * List of toll roads *References and notes
External links
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