Meknes – Officials from Fez City have presented ambitious plans to carry out a large upgrade and expansion of the city’s video surveillance network. The project under the direction of the local development company FEZ Region Planning (FRA) will invest 140 million ($ 14 million) via MAD to improve the infrastructure of urban security.
The city has issued two additional tenders for the tandem to create a comprehensive security solution. The combined budget exceeds MAD 140 million ($ 14 million) without taxes and is intended to cover both the civil engineering work and the technological equipment of the project.
The first offer in detail focus on an essential basis with a budget of MAD 42.21 million (4.22 million US dollars). This phase includes the ditch of ditches, the installation of fiber optic and electrical lines as well as the building support structures for cameras.
The work continues in two phases, starting with a fixed segment that Mad costs 15.3 million (USD 1.53 million). The project should be completed in five months. This is followed by a conditional segment with $ 26.9 million ($ 2,69 million) with a seven-month timeline.
In the meantime, the second and larger tendering end deals with the technological aspect, in particular “Strengthening and expanding Fez ‘video surveillance system”. This contract with $ 98.01 million ($ 9.8 million) includes the offer, installation, commissioning and maintaining all surveillance devices.
Tender documents show that this technological implementation with a corporate phase begins with 45.39 million ($ 4.53 million), a critical first stage, which includes the installation of important system components such as the video management platform, memory and analysis server, monitoring stations and scales.
The future security system for the future camera monitoring of Moroccos Spiritual Capital offers various camera types, including PTZ -Dome cameras, readers of license plate, facial recognition units and fixed cameras as well as the necessary network devices and technical facilities.
The project also includes a conditional phase, which is estimated on MAD 43.62 million ($ 4.36 million), probably for the future expansion of the system functions or geographical coverage. Two additional conditional phases, each with MAD 4.5 million ($ 0.45 million), will offer essential maintenance services to ensure the long -term effectiveness and reliability of the system.
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This comprehensive surveillance initiative is part of a broader strategy for urban development for spiritual capital in Morocco.
Rabat has it too launched A similar project that has an advanced surveillance system with 4,000 AI-driven cameras, which can recognize facial identities by the end of 2025. The project budget has a value of MAD 108 million ($ 10.8 million) and it is intended to upgrade the capital of Morocco into an intelligent, safe city through the state-of-the-art technology.
This project prompted the Moroccan National Commission to protect personal data (CNDP) to ask questions about data protection issues in connection with video surveillance.
The CNDP To hold plans Listen to the regulations that protect privacy when using video surveillance. “The use of video surveillance today is an essential topic that covers various aspects such as the protection of public and private spaces, the recording of events for research or security purposes as well as risk prevention,” says an explanation.
Apart from the improvement of the security and ownership protection of the citizen, the video surveillance projects are decisive for the preparation of Moroccan cities for important international sporting events, including the Africa Cup of Nations 2025 and the FIFA World Cup 2030, which becomes Morocco with Spain and Portugal Co host.
