The implementation of the light rail project in the city of Sfax, Tunisia, will begin in 2019 and operation of the first stretch is planned for 2021, Transport Minister, Anis Ghedira, announced during a meeting on „means and mechanisms for the success of the project Light metro in Sfax”.
The Minister said that a consultancy company will be appointed to carry out in-depth studies to verify the project’s orientations, knowing that its implementation was decided in accordance with the governmental decree in 2015 but remained blocked.
According to the Transport Minister, the European Investment Bank (EIB), which financed the feasibility study of the project, with an envelope of EUR 600 thousand, was interested in this project, the overall cost of which is estimated at 2 800 million dinars (EUR 1.4 billion).
„After the completion of the other three sections of the project, by 2030, the network will cover a distance of 70 km, divided between railway lines and a route for high-quality buses,” Rachid Ezzaier, CEO of Rachid Ezzaier, the installation of the first section of the light rail line route, added.
For his part, Pierre Marx, project leader and representative of Egis Rail, underlined the need to start work on the project as soon as possible.
In the photo: a light rail line from Tunis
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