Morocco has been putting a huge effort into slum clearance in recent years and the work is continuing. On Tuesday, HRH King Mohammed VI was briefed on details of the new urban upgrading program of the central town of Meknès that has been allotted close to MAD 415Mn (about USD 46Mn) to fight unhealthy housing.
The program will provide housing to 48,000 people, including 40,000 living in slums. It consists in building new housing resorts to be called Yasmine, Ryad and Ouisslane (to relocate shantytowns inhabitants) and Al Bassatine, Amin and Ryad Zitoune.
In a move to speed up the implementation of Meknès development project, a series of measures were taken, including the signing of an agreement with the Agency for Military Housing and Equipment to build houses for 1,703 families living in Army owned land. Some 625 Royal Armed Forces families have already been relocated part of the project.
The Meknès urban development program revolve around three main axes, namely urban rehabilitation, unhealthy housing eradication and the building of new housing. The actions are also targeting the restoration of historical monuments, the creation of green spaces, road construction and the revamping of older houses.
The 48,000 people to benefit from these housing projects represent 9% of Meknès population that counts some 600,000 inhabitants.
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