Dn a statement to MAP, the vice-president of the Council of the Oriental region, Salah El Aaboudi, indicated that this visit scheduled for the benefit of FORAF participants, in particular the presidents of the regions of friendly African countries, will to discover the province of Nador, more particularly the Marchica lagoon development project.
“The visit also aims to give them an idea of the progress of the Port Nador West Med project, the objective being to make the Oriental region known while promoting its specificities and potential”he explained.
According to the CEO of Marchica Med, Saïd Zarrou, “this site which, fifteen years ago, was a large open-air dump and whose water was very polluted and of a greenish color, is today the subject of a major economic and sightseeing “.
“As part of the major project of advanced regionalization, Morocco has opted for development agencies at the regional level, including the Marchica agency, Bouregreg or the Tanger Med agency”remarked the CEO of Marchica Med.
Initiated by King Mohammed VI in 2008, the Marchica lagoon site development project aims to enhance the natural wealth of the Nador region, through the construction of seven thematic towns around the lagoon for an amount estimated at 26 billion dirhams (more than 2 billion euros).
The first phase of the project consisted of depolluting the Marchica lagoon, which required an investment of around 1.5 billion dirhams, according to the Marchica Agency website.
The depollution work aimed to have a social impact by mobilizing a local workforce, now initiated into environmental trades. The opening of a pass one kilometer long and 300 meters wide allowed the healing, the purification of the marine environment and thus the restoration of the marine ecosystem and the return of migratory birds.
(With MAP)
