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The project proposes an inland alternative freeway running east-west across Libya for approximately 1,750 km. It is intended to improve national and regional route redundancy, relieve pressure on coastal connections, support domestic mobility and strengthen links with neighbouring North African and Maghreb transport corridors. The active PAP II financial baseline is USD 7 billion in CAPEX. The active record's length dimension is corrected from 1,750 metres to 1,750,000 metres, representing approximately 1,750 km. The last verified PAP II portfolio milestone is S3A.

The project is intended to restore and modernise a continuous railway corridor between Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. The approved first-phase scope includes modernisation of the Fez-Oujda line, rehabilitation of the Oujda-Akid Abbas cross-border section between Morocco and Algeria, creation of a new Annaba-Jendouba connection between Algeria and Tunisia and modernisation of the Jendouba-Jedeida section. The technical concept includes rehabilitation and duplication of selected lines and structures, electrification using a 2x25 kV system, deployment of ERTMS Level 2 train control and targeted signalling and telecommunications improvements. Current PIDA technical material describes an approximate 2,300 km Casablanca-Tunis corridor. These are planned parameters, not completed outputs. The project-location countries are Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Libya and Mauritania are mentioned only as possible future extensions and are not recorded as current project countries in the PAP II approved record. The Arab Maghreb Union and the national railway institutions are responsible for regional coordination. The African Development Bank's project P-Z1-DC0-017 finances the pre-feasibility study for rehabilitation and modernisation of the Trans-Maghreb Railway. AfDB continued to list the operation as ongoing, with an implementation progress report issued for June 2024. This demonstrates active preparation but not completion of feasibility or entry into investment structuring.

The project will construct approximately 80 km of dual-carriage motorway between Bou Salem and the Tunisian-Algerian border. Together with the Oujda-Algerian-border link in Morocco, it will close the principal missing sections of the central Trans-Maghreb Motorway Axis. The project is intended to improve continuity between Tunisian and Algerian motorway networks, reduce travel times and accident risk, facilitate cross-border movement and strengthen regional trade and economic integration. The original PAP II financial text gives TND 2.260 billion and provides a source USD equivalent of USD 805.27416 million. This is stored as CAPEX and total cost. The UfM continues to identify the project as ongoing and states that completion of project design and implementation of the fundraising plan remain next steps. Evidence of PPP studies or a decision on delivery method supports project structuring but does not prove tender award or construction. T

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.

In northeastern Morocco with the road network: - Bifurcation-Project origin :Taza-Oujda freeway connection; - Oujda Nord interchange (RN2): also provides access to Saïdia via RN2; - Isly interchange (Nouvelle ville); - A full-lane A full-lane toll plaza; - A service service area.

The project will increase capacity and safety through construction of second carriageways on the RN06 corridor between Mascara and Bechar and the RN50 corridor from Bechar towards the Algeria-Mauritania border. The approved scope totals approximately 2,200 km across the two principal sections. The programme is intended to improve north-south and cross-border connectivity, support trade with Mauritania and West Africa, reduce travel times and accidents and improve access to southern Algerian regions and border facilities. The original financial field indicates an average unit rate of DZD 300 million per kilometre. It does not provide a source USD total, valuation date or confirmed length to which the rate should be applied as a single contract package. Official evidence shows phased implementation of the wider corridor, including the Algeria-Mauritania road initiative, while some RN06 packages remain in study or preparation. The portfolio stage is S4B because construction is occurring within the approved umbrella scope.

The programme is intended to identify, rehabilitate and create cross-border centres as multiservice logistics zones along the Trans-Maghreb corridor. Potential functions include freight consolidation, warehousing, customs and border processing, parking, maintenance, driver services, information systems and links to ports, roads and railways. The programme covers the five Arab Maghreb Union countries: Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. It is a regional logistics and trade-facilitation programme rather than one physical asset at a single site. Current regional corridor studies may identify logistics needs, but national border-zone or logistics investments cannot automatically be treated as implementation of this exact programme.