Tunisia - North-East Road Connectivity Support Project

The North-East Road Connectivity Support Project (PACR) is part of Tunisia's road sub-sector strategy and supports two of the five pillars of the country's Development Strategy Plan for the period 2016-2020. The PACR consists of the construction of a 9 km-long twoway, two-lane (2x2) suburban highway on a new alignment bypassing the city of Bizerte to the southwest. Indeed and in line with the Bizerte Urban Development Master Plan, its implementation will help channel traffic away from the Bizerte city centre and will thus ease traffic congestion on the existing mobile bridge. The project will therefore help to promote intra- and inter-regional trade as well as reduce regional social disparities. Lastly, it will reduce accidents, CO2 emissions, improve the quality of life of the populations and facilitate access to social and economic centres. The total project cost, net of taxes and customs duties, is estimated at TND 761.72 million, equivalent to EUR 277.29 million. It will be implemented over a period of 5 years.