Ministry of Public Works to launch road maintenance programme

Tunis: The Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Spatial Planning will before May 2 start implementing an incentive programme for road maintenance, the ministry said, adding that 193 property development companies have renewed their participation in the programme. These figures were presented on Saturday at the 1st meeting of regional directors of public works, housing and spatial planning for 2024, chaired by Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri. The ministry said it had issued a call for tenders to appoint a consultancy firm to revise the texts of the permits and measures relating to the administrative specifications for technical inspectors. The ministry said that in May 2024 it would launch projects to maintain the damaged parts of the 209 km of numbered roads. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse