Road cut off and continued isolation in the Bouadel commune… local actors criticize management as an official says “it’s not my responsibility”

Local actors in the Bouadel commune, Taounate Province, report that a vital road section remains cut off, leaving residents in a difficult situation and limiting access to essential services, despite repeated calls for urgent intervention to repair the damage.
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Selon des informations locales, les habitants ont exprimé leur mécontentement face à la persistance de cette situation, estimant que la route s’est dégradée au point de devenir impraticable. Cette situation serait, selon leurs propos, accueillie par une froideur administrative invoquant que la route est « classée » et, par conséquent, « ne relève pas de la compétence de la commune ». Cette justification a, d’après les mêmes acteurs, suscité de vives critiques et soulevé des interrogations sur les limites des compétences et la gestion des situations d’urgence.

According to locally circulated information, residents have voiced dissatisfaction over the ongoing situation, considering that the road has deteriorated to the point of being impassable. This, they say, has been met with an administrative response claiming the road is “classified” and therefore “not under the commune’s jurisdiction,” a justification that has sparked criticism and raised questions about jurisdictional boundaries and the handling of emergency situations.
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Des acteurs locaux vont plus loin en évoquant ce qu’ils décrivent comme une duality in responses. Ils affirment que interventions and equipment are mobilized swiftly when private interests of certain communal officials are involved, while responses are delayed when it comes to the suffering of residents in several douars, including Oulad Azem. They stress that the absence of temporary or emergency solutions exacerbates daily hardships.

Local actors go further, speaking of what they describe as a duality in responses. They claim that interventions and equipment are mobilized quickly when the private interests of certain communal officials are concerned, while action is delayed when it comes to the hardship faced by residents of several douars, including Oulad Azem. They emphasize that the lack of temporary or emergency solutions worsens daily suffering.
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Ils ajoutent que lorsque des intérêts spécifiques sont en jeu, la route is suddenly considered “unclassified” and machinery moves swiftly, whereas the logic of competencies and legal frameworks is invoked when residents’ needs are concerned—raising questions about governance and management priorities.

They add that when specific interests are at stake, the road is suddenly deemed “unclassified” and machinery moves quickly, whereas jurisdictional and legal arguments are invoked when residents’ needs are concerned—raising questions about governance and management priorities.
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Les mêmes sources appellent à clarifying responsibilities and to urgent intervention by provincial authorities and supervising departments to reopen the road and guarantee residents’ right to safe mobility.

The same sources call for clarification of responsibilities and urgent intervention by provincial authorities and supervising sectors to reopen the road and ensure residents’ right to safe mobility.
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Source : Fès News Media

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