Chinese-built section of key highway to open in Algeria

STORY: Chinese-built section of key highway to open in Algeria DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the highway 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): DJOTNI BENAISSA, Head of the 84-kilometer project of Algeria's National Highway Agency 3. various of the highway construction site STORYLINE: The construction site of the 84-kilometer section of Algeria's East-West Highway is buzzing with activity. Chinese and Algerian workers, employed by China's CITIC Construction, are making final preparations for the upcoming opening of the road to traffic. According to Djotni Benaissa, head of the 84-kilometer project at Algeria's National Highway Agency, the completion of this section holds significant economic and social importance, changing the fate of the country's economic artery as a "dead-end highway." SOUNDBITE (Arabic): DJOTNI BENAISSA, Head of the 84-kilometer project of Algeria's National Highway Agency "It completes the East-West Highway, which connects th