Atlas Corridor
Component

Algeria East–West Highway

road

Cities

Oran
Algeria
Algiers
Algeria
Skikda
Algeria

Distance

1216km
new
1216km
rehabilitated
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existing
– km

Cost

$11.2b
$11,200,000,000

Phases

operational, 2023

Objective

The project is a six-lane toll highway. It is being developed along Algeria’s borders with Morocco and Tunisia. It will connect Algiers, Constantine, Oran, Annaba. The project is part of the 7,000km-long Autoroute Transmaghrébine

Description

The East-West Highway project was launched by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in 2009. It is considered as Algeria’s most important road project and the largest public works project in the world

Finance

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$ investment
Algerian Government Government

Contractors

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China Railway Construction Corporation Limited
Company
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China International Trust Investment Corporation (CITIC)
Company
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Kajima Corporation,
Company
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Nishimatsu Construction Company
Company