Morocco/Casablanca: The district of Sidi Belyout wants a makeover
Users of Ziraoui Boulevard in Casablanca, as well as the residents of this historic district, will have to be very patient over the coming months. The district of Sidi Belyout, to which this neighborhood belongs, has begun its transformation, as part of a comprehensive and integrated development program including several neighborhoods under its jurisdiction.
Ziraoui Boulevard is the first to benefit from this program in the district. The work is taking place on the left bank coming from Moulay Youssef Boulevard towards Zerktouni Boulevard. The boulevard has always been characterized by suffocating traffic congestion, particularly at school leaving hours of Lycée Lyautey and other establishments in the district. This boulevard has become even more difficult to cross for road users. The construction site occupies the Ziraoui boulevard between its intersections with Moulay Youssef and Zerktouni boulevards. Project objective: to rehabilitate this artery which has an important role in the traffic at the level of the metropolis, to proceed to a development of facade to facade, to restore the roadway and to put a touch of aesthetics on the whole.
The works include the detour and reinforcement of the various underground networks, mainly those involving the four businesses of Lydec, the delegated manager of water and electricity distribution, liquid sanitation and public lighting.According to Lydec, the work to be carried out will include the diversion and reinforcement of various underground networks, mainly those involving the four business lines of Lydec, the delegated manager of water and electricity distribution, liquid sanitation and public lighting, and possibly telecom networks, in addition to the installation of new street furniture, new gutters to evacuate runoff water to the sewer and the repair of sidewalks, among others. According to Lydec, the work it is currently carrying out at the level of Ziraoui Boulevard is dependent on a budget of 6.5 million DH.
It is a question of reinforcing the drinking water network over a length of 1.3 km for a diameter of 160 mm, as well as the liquid sewerage network over a length of 240 m for a diameter of 600 mm. In this project, the contractor is also responsible for renewing the public lighting network, burying the low-voltage electrical network cables, and installing the water supply system.In this project, the contractor is also responsible for the renewal of the public lighting network, the burial of the low voltage electrical network cables, over a length of 700 m, as well as the adaptation of the liquid sewage network to the future configuration of the boulevard. According to the district of Sidi Belyout, this project as well as those scheduled in the near future could have benefited from a simple makeover of the roadway and sidewalks, but it was decided to carry out work from top to bottom, in accordance with the principles of good governance and rationalization of expenditures, and to extend them to include the construction of a new roadway.and to extend them to include the renewal of the public lighting network, the burying of the overhead electricity network and others, as part of a proactive approach to avoid having to reschedule digging and earthworks after the project is completed. First step in this vast development and rehabilitation, the boulevard Ziraoui will have as companions of road streets Moussa Bnou Noussaïr and street Hassan Souktani, in the district Gauthier, whose rehabilitation work will be started in the near future.
Source: lematin.ma
