Highway Marrakesh-Agadir

The Marrakesh-Agadir motorway in Morocco crosses the Atlas Mountains, an important geographic constraint that necessitated major construction works, the most important of which is the Zaouiat Aït Mellal tunnel situated within the Imintanout-Argana section. The 500 metre long tunnel was constructed in two separate channels to allow unimpeded travel in both directions.

Work began in 2007 and was completed in 2011. HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary Ciments du Maroc supplied 170,000 tonnes of cement for the project.