Minister delays the opening of a highway section for safety reasons

The public works minister Amar Ghoul has refused to give his go ahead to the opening of a section of the East-West highway to traffic, arguing that safety criteria are not scrupulously respected including road traffic signs.

• The public works minister decided to put off  the opening of the 22 kilometre long- section that links the region of “Zennouna” to the province of “Bordj Bou Arreridj” (eastern Algeria) to another date till the completion of other pending works.
• During an inspection visit yesterday to this eastern province,  Amar Ghoul made it clear to the company in charge of this project that it has to keep up the pace in order to link both the provinces of Bouira and Bordj Bou Arreridj by next June at the latest, with the view to facilitating access to the province of Constantine (eastern megalopolis) starting from Algiers.
• The minister brought into focus  the difficulties that will face this company while performing its work given  that the province of Bordj Bou Aarreridj is a mountainous region and its geological features require, he said,  priority infrastructures like the construction of several bridges and other complementary projects.