REPUBLIC OF TUNISIAMINISTRY OF EQUIPMENT,HOUSING AND LAND PLANNING

GENERAL DIRECTION OF BRIDGES AND ROADS

GABES – MEDENINE HIGHWAY

RADES - LA GOULETTE BRIDGE

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Table of contents

Road Infrastructure

Evolution of the Traffic on roads

Highways network

Presentation of the Highway Gabès-Médenine

Economic study

Designs progress status

Works Cost Estimate

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Road Infrastructure

19371 Km Classified Road Network:

%(75)covered of which 14564 Km

2%

24%

34%

30%

10%1

2

3

4

5

Highways Km 360

National Roads Km4738

Regional Roads Km 6498

Local Roads Km 5888

in the course of classification

Km1886

78%

22%

Rural runways : 64 800 Kmof which 14 400 Km covered

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Evolution and distribution of the traffic

2007 2002 1997 Year 5446

88,9 %

3940

86,8%

2919

86,5 %

Light

vehicles

678

11,1 %

588

13,2 %

458

13,5 %

Heavy

vehicles

6124 4539 3377 Total

Evolution of the daily average traffic on all the roads of the Republic Veh/day/Km

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Year of Exploitation

Length

(Km)Highway

1997141.5

In exploitation

Tunis-M’saken

200253Tunis-Bizerte

200567Tunis-Oued Zarga

200897.5M’saken –Sfaxcontribution JBIC :El Jem-Sfax

155 under construction

Sfax-Gabès

018

Works scheduled

Gabès-Médenine-Ras Jédir

70Oued Zarga-Bousalem

80Bousalem-Algerian Frontier

348Enfidha-Kairouan-Sidi

Bouzid-Kasserine-Gafsa

HIGHWAYS NETWORK

objectif : 1500 Km in 2020

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PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT OF GABES-MEDENINE HIGHWAY

The Project of construction of Gabès-Médenine Highway is a part of trans-Maghrebin Corridor constructionProgram

It is a presidential project and it’srecommended to begin the civil worksat the end of 2011 for a duration of 3years. The

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GABES - MEDENINE

Length: 90 km

a part of 3d section

Maghrebi Highway

M’Saken – Gabès - Ras Jédir

•1st section “M’Saken-

Sfax” 97.5Km

in exploitation

•2nd section “Sfax-

Gabès” 155 Km

under construction

•3d section “Gabès-Ras

Jédir” 180 km

construction scheduled

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Components of the project

Length=90 km

4 interchanges of type exit trumpet(System of closed toll)

36 structures (29 overpasses+5 underpasses+

2 railway underpasses)

100 hydraulic structures of which 12 large hydraulic structures to cross the

flows designed for 1 century return period.

2 rest areas

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GABES-MEDENINE HIGHWAY

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CROSS-SECTION OF THE HIGHWAY(2X2 lanes)

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ECONOMIC STUDY

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ANALYSIS OF THE TRAFFIC

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ANNUAL AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC IN THE ZONE OF THE PROJECT

Trafic TJMA par poste d'enquête

9589

7628

84723492

7008

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TRAFFIC IN THE ZONE OF THE PROJECT

Growth rate of the traffic:

Period 2006 -2010

2010 -2015

2015 -2020

2020 -2025

2025 -2030

2030 -2035

light vehicles 5,8% 6,1% 6,0% 5,7% 5,1% 4,7%

heavy vehicles 4,4% 4,5% 4,4% 4,0% 3,8% 3,4%

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RESULTS OF THE AFFECTATION OF THE TRAFFIC

AFFECTATION OF THE TRAFFIC ON ROAD NETWORK

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RESULTS OF AFFECTATION OF TRAFFIC

Evaluation of the traffic on the RN1 and on the highway for the period 2016 - 2035

Results of affectation of traffic:

Traffic on the highway : 59% ;

Traffic on the RN1 : 41% ;

Traffic heavy vehicles on the highway : 10% ;

Traffic heavy vehicles on the RN1 : 7% ;

Traffic on the highway and on the RN1 will remain fluid until 2035 ;

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Distribution of the traffic between the toll highway and the national road RN1

Jorf

Ras Jédir

6 421

10 197 10 112

4 149

5 170

4 5924 650

7 894

10 875

8 947

RN1

RR116

RR108

RR118

RR109

Mareth

Zarzis

Gabès

Médenine

Origine du

projet

Rocade

Ben Guerdane

RN16

RR107

6 915

4 932

9 209

12 055

2 636

Vers El

Hamma

Vers

Matmata

6 059

3 088

Horizon 2013

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Distribution of the traffic between the toll highway and the national road RN1

Horizon 2016

Jorf

Ras Jédir

7 299

4 251 8 113

4 977

6 635

5 4205 082

9 418

13 056

10 695

7 9573 456

RN1

RR116

RR108

RR118

RR109

Mareth

Zarzis

Gabès

Medenine

Origine du

projet

Rocade

Ben Guerdane

RN16

RR107

8 047

5 482

11 353

6 692

11 569

3 216

5 287

Vers El

Hamma

Vers

Matmata

7 278

3 738

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Distribution of the traffic between the toll highway and the national road RN1

Horizon 2020

Jorf

Ras Jédir

8 630

4 847 9 449

6 400

8 537

6 8366 432

11 988

16 774

13 579

10 0004 197

RN1

RR116

RR108

RR118

RR109

Mareth

Zarzis

Gabès

Médenine

Origine du

projet

Rocade

Ben Guerdane

RN16

RR107

9 918

6 327

14 512

8 327

13 646

4 321

6 869

Vers El

Hamma

Vers

Matmata

9 457

4 796

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Distribution of the traffic between the toll highway Gabès-Médenine and the national road RN1

Horizon 2025

Jorf

Ras Jédir

10 126

5 558 11 159

8 560

11 390

8 9588 496

16 020

22 882

18 167

13 2025 544

RN1

RR116

RR108

RR118

RR109

Mareth

Zarzis

Gabès

Médenine

Origine du

projet

Rocade

Ben Guerdane

RN16

RR107

12 501

7 328

19 410

10 625

16 703

6 324

9 484

Vers El

Hamma

Vers

Matmata

13 091

6 399

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Distribution of the traffic between the toll highway and the national road RN1

Horizon 2035

Jorf

Ras Jédir

11 468

6 168 12 415

11 204

14 742

11 54411 092

20 793

30 554

23 555

16 8977 117

RN1

RR116

RR108

RR118

RR109

Mareth

Zarzis

Gabès

Médenine

Origine du

projet

Rocade

Ben Guerdane

RN16

RR107

15 601

8 475

25 191

13 200

19 532

9 183

12 854

Vers El

Hamma

Vers

Matmata

17 890

8 361

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RESULTS OF THE AFFECTATION OF TRAFFIC

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ECONOMIC RETURNOF THE PROJECT

Indicators of economic return: Economic internal Rate of return : EIRR = 27,7%

Economic immediate rate of return : EImRI = 12,8%

Net profits ( 12%) : VAN = 1728 M TD

very satisfactory return

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DESIGNS PROGRESS STATUS

Detailed Designs submitted to and

approved by the Administration,

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WORKS COST ESTIMATE (M TD)

Highway works : 415

Price fluctuations : 29

Variation in the total quantity of work : 29

Amount to be claimed : 7

Clearing of right-of-way : 30

Control : 8

Toll Equipment : 32

Total : 550

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PRESENTATION OF RADES-LA GOULETTE BRIDGE

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