Algeria - El Achir New Tunnel Construction Project

The present intervention concerns El Achir New Tunnel Construction Project. This project meets the requirements of the modern track on a new site with correction of the alignment. It involves the construction of a new pass crossing structure and the removal of the bottleneck created by the passage of the old tunnel. It should thus contribute to the upgrading of the transport sector. The expected results are: a 5,225ml double-track tunnel, a 25ml span rail bridge, a 7.6km long railway superstructure outside the tunnel. It also contributes to the establishment of a progressive development as part of the modernisation of the national network and the increase in existing capacity, which is the priority of the rail sector, and as part of the prospects for the development of international traffic (trans-Maghreb). The project has two main components, namely: (i) civil engineering works and (ii) control and supervision of the works.