{"id":61407,"date":"2026-05-30T14:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61407"},"modified":"2026-05-30T14:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T13:48:07","slug":"algeria-reopens-hamdania-tunnel-north-south-highway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61407","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Reopens Key Hamdania Highway Tunnel Following Safety and Infrastructure Upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALGIERS \u2014 The Minister of Public Works and Basic Infrastructure, Abdelkader Djellaoui, has officially overseen the reopening of the first tunnel linking Hamdania and Chiffa heading towards the capital, Algiers. This critical section is part of the strategic North-South Highway project, which serves as a vital economic artery for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>The reopening comes after the completion of extensive technical interventions and rigorous safety evaluations to ensure optimal security conditions for motorists. During a field visit accompanied by the governors of Blida and Medea, the minister inspected the ongoing progress and issued strict instructions to complete the remaining minor works as soon as possible to ensure seamless traffic flow.<\/p>\n<p>This infrastructural milestone aligns with Algeria&#8217;s broader modernizing strategy, aiming to improve transport logistics, reduce travel times between northern and southern provinces, and bolster safe national transit corridors.<\/p>\n<p><i>This article is powered and original of DZWatch &#8211; Algeria&#8217;s Insight.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALGIERS \u2014 The Minister of Public Works and Basic Infrastructure, Abdelkader Djellaoui, has officially overseen the reopening of the first tunnel linking Hamdania and Chiffa heading towards the capital, Algiers. This critical section is part of the strategic North-South Highway project, which serves as a vital economic artery for the nation. The reopening comes after &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}