Tunisia - Road Infrastructure Modernization Project

The Road Infrastructure Modernization Project (PMIR) is aimed at completing actions embarked on in the late 90s to upgrade Tunisia’s classified road network. It seeks to rehabilitate 719 kilometres of classified roads, most of which are in the country’s inland governorates (West, Centre-West and North-West) that, unlike the coastal regions, are less equipped with economic infrastructure. PMIR should also upgrade some civil engineering structures on the classified network to make them more resilient to the effects of climate change and give them features that are consistent with the service level and the expected traffic on the network. The project will support integrated rural development programmes, cultural, ecological and Saharan tourism development projects, the Gafsa Mining Basin Economic Renewal Project, including ongoing programmes to establish free industrial and trade zones in the country (Zarzis Port in the South, industrial zones and logistics platforms in Kairouan in the Centre, and in Béja, Jendouba and Kef in the North-East and West). It will help to open up agricultural production areas by linking them to the classified road network. The total cost, net of taxes and duties, is estimated at EUR 386.26 million.