Highway of the Hauts Plateaux

This structuring motorway project is part of the scheme and motorway road master 2005 / 2025 in order to open up and link the cities in the highland areas of the interior, in parallel to the East–West Highway.^[1]

It runs through the wilayas of Tlemcen on the border with Morocco, Saida, Tiaret, Médéa, M'sila, Batna, Oum El Bouaghi, Khenchela and Tébessa on the border with Tunisia.^[1]

The project is divided into three lots:

• West Lot : Going to Aricha in Tiaret, through Saida about 305 km
• Lot Centre : Ranging from Tiaret to Batna, through Boughezoul and M'sila about 495 km
• East Lot : Ranging from Batna to Tébessa, through Khenchela 220 km

The lot of Construction "East" were launched on 30 October 2014 near Tazoult ( wilaya of Batna ) by the Minister of Public Works Abdelkader Kadi. This is a first section of 102 km through the municipalities of Batna, Tazoult, Timgad, Taouzient, Kais, El Hamma and Khenchela, under the direction of Algerian companies headed by Cosider Group for a period of 18 months.^[2]