The RN01 project will modernise the Trans-Saharan Highway section between Ghardaia and Tamanrasset in Algeria. It is intended to improve the capacity, safety and reliability of a strategic north-south corridor serving Algeria and wider Sahel and West African markets.
The project covers modernisation of RN01 between Ghardaia and Tamanrasset, a central Algerian section of the Trans-Saharan Highway. The intended works include capacity, pavement, alignment, safety and service improvements needed to support long-distance freight and passenger movements.
The project has regional significance because RN01 forms part of the principal route connecting northern Algeria with the Sahara, Niger, Nigeria and adjoining Sahel markets. Progress on rail projects or on other Trans-Saharan road sections must not be reported as implementation of this specific RN01 modernisation scope.
The verified PAP II financial baseline is USD 500 million in CAPEX.
The project retains S3A, as it is the last verified PAP II milestone and no later official evidence of exact scope supports a stage change. The existing 2,400 km dimension is not changed because the uploaded validation review concluded that it may describe the wider corridor rather than the specific Ghardaia-Tamanrasset section.
Modernise the RN01 connection between Ghardaia and Tamanrasset; improve road capacity, safety and reliability; reduce travel time and vehicle-operating costs; strengthen Algeria's north-south connectivity; and facilitate regional trade along the Trans-Saharan corridor.