According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North African countries, the Libyan coastal road project will start sometime from March 20 to June 21, 2021. Libya announced the decision after the first virtual meeting of the Joint Technical Committee for Economic Cooperation between Libya and Italy.

According to an agreement signed by Muammar Gaddafi and Silvio Berlusconi in 2008, as compensation for the colonial era, the Italian government provided funding for the highway project, which will be funded by the Alps The company is implemented in four parts.

In 2013, a consortium led by the Salini Iprekilo Group won a 963 million euro contract for 400 kilometers from Musaid to Marj. According to reports, the design of the Misrata-Las Jadir area has been completed and a tender is being prepared to start the actual construction work.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tripoli in Libya attaches great importance to this project to facilitate traffic and commercial transportation between the west and east of the country.

The impact of unsafe factors on similar infrastructure improvement announcements

Since 2011, several similar infrastructure improvement announcements have been issued, many of which have not been implemented, mainly due to the raging civil war in Libya, which has led to lack of security guarantees in Libya.

For countries interested in Libya's geostrategic position and oil resources, war has become a game of foreign interests. The Libyan opposition held important meetings between Morocco, Switzerland, Egypt and Libya to reach an agreement. The political and military representatives of the two factions have made significant progress, leading to an understanding of political and even economic matters. This allows certain important activities such as energy and infrastructure to be restored. Editor/Huang Lijun