The municipal council of Fes approved, during its regular session held yesterday, a series of agreements aimed at funding and implementing development projects across various sectors, notably urban transport and waste management.
This session, chaired by council president Abdel Salam Boukhali, was marked by the review and ratification of annex number 1 related to the partnership and financing agreement for the supplementary program for the enhancement of the old Medina of Fes. This annex stipulates an increase in the financial envelope allocated for the rehabilitation of 118 sites in the old city, raising the total financial allocation to 730 million dirhams from 583 million dirhams, an increase of 147 million dirhams.
This amount covers studies, construction works, social support, technical assistance, potential real estate acquisitions, management expenses, as well as the production of a film documenting the restoration and rehabilitation processes.
Council members also approved a draft agreement concerning the assignment of investments related to the management of public urban transport and intercommunal services using the community’s buses.
This agreement links the local development company “Marrakech Mobility” with the municipality of Fes as part of the implementation of a new strategy for financing investments in public urban transport and intercommunal services through buses, in partnership with the Ministry of Interior.
The agreement involves the acquisition of buses, establishing a support system for operations and informing users, as well as a special ticketing system.
Under this agreement, the local development company “Marrakech Mobility” will implement all these investments, utilizing its own resources along with grants allocated under the financing agreement.
In the same context, the council approved an agreement related to the delegated management of public urban transport and intercommunal services, which includes the acquisition and equipping of vehicles, in addition to investments related to the preparation works.
The council also approved a draft agreement concerning the rehabilitation of the maintenance center in Sidi Ibrahim. This agreement outlines the administrative and financial framework for the intervention of the company “Fes Region for Development” regarding the management of the project.
Members also ratified a project for the terms of reference and a partnership agreement for the construction of an underground parking garage in Place Florence, including its management, operation, and equipping with necessary facilities.
Regarding waste management, the council approved an agreement for the delegation to implement a project to address odors from the controlled landfill in Fes.
Under this agreement, the regional multi-service company Fes-Meknes commits to executing the operations related to the project, including establishing a system for managing odors at the controlled landfill (20 million dirhams).
Additionally, a draft partnership agreement with the company “Fes Region for Development” was approved to create stops and bus stations as well as parking facilities for urban transport.
Furthermore, several draft resolutions were approved concerning the designation of streets and the reallocation of land plots, alongside partnership agreements with local civil society associations.
The session was also characterized by the strengthening of cooperation between Fes and several foreign cities through the ratification of partnership agreement projects with the municipality of Antananarivo in Madagascar and the city of Granada in Spain.
On another note, the council decided to postpone the discussion of several points primarily related to the management of districts, the new organizational structure of the municipality, and the budgets for the years 2025 and 2026.
