14 December 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. President of the National Assembly,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Prime Minister,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. President of the High Council of Territorial Communities,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Madam President of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, Ministers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, Deputies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, members of the High Council of Territorial Communities,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, members of the Economic, Social, and Environmental Council,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Excellency, Ambassador of the French Republic to Senegal,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Representative of the Islamic Development Bank,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mr. Representative of the African Development Bank,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, representatives of partner companies,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, members of the diplomatic corps,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and Gentlemen, administrative and territorial authorities,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Religious and traditional authorities,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear compatriots, both here and in the diaspora,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, December 14, 2016, our country takes a significant step forward at full speed in its resolute march toward emergence. At full speed, because we are launching the construction of an express train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you know, we have included infrastructure as one of the strategic sectors of the Emerging Senegal Plan, because without infrastructure, there can be no emergence, no development, no prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without infrastructure, the movement of people, goods, and services is reduced to its simplest form; transportation is paralyzed, and we remain isolated from one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is why infrastructure is so fundamental for a country that aspires to progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And that is the entire meaning of this groundbreaking ceremony for the Regional Express Train (TER) project, the largest project in independent Senegal’s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The history of railways in Senegal dates back to the 19th century, with the Dakar – Saint-Louis railway line, inaugurated in 1885.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This metric-gauge railway, undoubtedly modern for its time, has served its purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, 131 years later, we are here in Diamniadio, driven by an unshakable will to change the paradigm; a desire to live in our time, to embrace modernity, and to look to the future with confidence and ambition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are here to offer our country the best of what the world has to offer, and that is my vision and ambition for an Emerging Senegal. To achieve this, we have mobilized our expertise and resources, along with those of our partners, in service of our ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is the vision behind the Regional Express Train project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The goal is to build an electric-powered, modern, fast, and standard-gauge railway; the first of its kind in West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than an evolution, it is undoubtedly a technological revolution that we are embarking on today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We observe that Sub-Saharan Africa is skipping a technological generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senegal is proud to be at the forefront of this movement, which includes joint ventures where French, Turkish, Chinese, Senegalese, and other industries collaborate together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TER, which will soon become part of our daily vocabulary, corresponds to our legitimate aspiration for well-being and addresses multiple needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First, the TER responds to the imperative need to decongest Dakar and its surroundings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With less than 0.3% of the national territory, the Dakar region hosts more than 66% of our country\u2019s economic activity and nearly 25% of the Senegalese population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Added to this is the density of its vehicle fleet: each year, the Dakar region registers about 40,000 new vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TER will therefore help solve the inconveniences related to this excessive concentration of economic activity, demographics, and road traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secondly, the TER addresses the logical need to better connect Dakar, the urban hub of Diamniadio, and the rest of the country. Thirty kilometers from Dakar, the new city of Diamniadio is taking shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With its International Conference Center, hotels, City of Knowledge, including Dakar\u2019s second university, its multifunctional stadium, industrial park, housing, and administrative buildings, to name just a few infrastructures, Diamniadio, a crossroads city, is gradually becoming a beating heart, irrigating the arteries between Dakar and the deeper regions of Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To fulfill its natural and vital role as a relay city, Diamniadio must have the most advanced infrastructure and avoid the trap of poorly conceived and poorly managed modernity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diamniadio is already served by a highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But a projection into the future, five, ten, twenty years or more, shows us that this infrastructure, while indispensable, will be largely insufficient to support all the ambitions of an emerging Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Governance is about foresight. This is also the meaning and rationality of the TER: to complement the highway by decongesting Dakar and its suburbs, connecting them to Diamniadio, and opening new horizons toward the center, east, north, and south of our country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thirdly, and finally, the TER is in line with the upcoming commissioning of the Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The construction of the AIBD is in its final phase. By 2017, the airport should be operational, accommodating approximately three million passengers per year, according to initial estimates\u2014likely much more in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An airport is more than just a runway, a control tower, halls, and parking. An airport is an entire infrastructural environment that must meet the most demanding international standards, including easy access and connection to fast and comfortable transportation routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is the price to pay if we want our new airport to fully fulfill its role as a modern and dynamic air hub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This is the third rationale behind the TER project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, we are launching the first phase of the project, between Dakar and Diamniadio, over 36 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a total cost of 568 billion CFA francs, including all infrastructure, the construction of this first phase will last two years and be completed in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is Wednesday, December 14, 2016. I am setting a date with our partner companies for Monday, January 14, 2019, to inaugurate the line and make the first Dakar-Diamniadio trip on the TER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nearly ten thousand (10,000) people will work on the project, in both direct and indirect jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The project will also have other ripple effects, including enhancing the value of the areas it crosses, reducing traffic congestion, and cutting road accidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additionally, it will facilitate a transfer of technology through the creation of a training center dedicated to urban mobility, aimed at training and improving the human resources essential for the renewal of the railway system in Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As for its technical specifics, the TER will have a standard gauge, with bi-mode traction, both thermal and electric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It will span a total distance of 55 km, from Dakar to AIBD, and will serve 14 stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a top speed of up to 160 km\/h, it will connect downtown Dakar to AIBD in 45 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its transport capacity will be far greater than what we currently have: the TER will be able to carry up to 115,000 passengers per day, compared to only 15,000 today with the Petit Train de Banlieue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Furthermore, it will be combined with other intercity transport systems, particularly the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT); with an integrated ticketing system, the same ticket will allow passengers to make a trip on both the TER and the BRT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ladies and gentlemen, these are the broad outlines of this first phase of the TER, between Dakar and Diamniadio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Out of anticipation, we have already been working on future stages because the TER is designed to serve AIBD and, later, Saly, Mbour, and Thi\u00e8s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it won\u2019t stop there, because we also intend to revive the Dakar-Tambacounda-Bamako railway line, with the same standard gauge as the TER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am fully committed to reviving the Dakar-Bamako railway because it is an economically viable project, a project of integration, connecting us to Mali\u2014a country more than a neighbor and brother, with whom we share history and a common destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moreover, if we have a sense of history and a shared destiny, we cannot achieve less in the 21st century than what was done in the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Dakar-Bamako railway dates back to the last century. It provided immense services, but it can no longer meet our needs in terms of transporting people and goods between our two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just the freight alone mobilizes over 400 trucks per day, with the direct consequence of rapid road degradation, leading to costly maintenance and repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I would now like to make a special mention of the partners who are supporting us in financing the TER project: France, the Islamic Development Bank, and the African Development Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By trusting us with the loans they have granted, our partners are also making an optimistic bet on our ambitions and vision for development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is why I warmly thank them for this pioneering partnership, at the forefront of progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I congratulate all the companies that, following a rigorous selection process, have been awarded the different contracts for the TER project. There was intense competition, and those that won undoubtedly made the best technical and financial offers, in line with the project’s requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am particularly pleased that Senegalese companies are participating in the implementation of the project, not as subcontractors, but as partners in joint ventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also commend the Senegalese expertise that worked tirelessly for two years, with the support of our partners, to put together this complex project from technical, financial, and legal perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to express my pride to everyone involved. I congratulate the Minister of Infrastructure, Land Transport, and Opening Up, the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Planning, and their teams, the Secretary of State in charge of Railways, as well as the Director General of APIX and the Director of the National Railway Agency of Senegal (SYSTRA) for the quality of the work accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I urge all the partner companies and all the authorities involved at various levels in the implementation of the project to continue to demonstrate the same diligence in the execution of the works. Together, we made commitments; together, let\u2019s honor our commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, let\u2019s get to work and move forward with the next steps. And believe me, I will often make unannounced site visits!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have, finally, another challenge to tackle: adapting to the TER environment. The milestone we are laying today introduces a revolution in our public mass transportation system and will have profound impacts on our way of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The TER combines speed and precision. You know exactly when the train enters the station and when it departs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All the accompanying infrastructure is designed to meet these two imperatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is why the TER must also inspire, more than an evolution, a revolution in mindsets. To keep pace with this new era of modernity that we seek for our country with such projects, we will need new attitudes; we will need individual and collective discipline, a spirit of method and organization, as President Senghor used to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is why I requested the creation of a TER Information Center as part of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This platform, whose prototype I just visited at the Dakar station, will serve as a place for welcoming, informing, and exchanging ideas on all aspects of the project, from design to commissioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I invite future train users to visit the TER Information Center to learn about all facets of this new mass transportation system, familiarize themselves with the technological features of the electric rail system, the ticketing system, and the services linked to the TER\u2019s operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My dear compatriots,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this ceremony dedicated to the TER, I invite you to other project launches in other places because, more than ever, with the implementation of the Emerging Senegal Plan (PSE), we are in a time of action. Our actions match our promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have delivered with completed projects like the extension of the VDN, the Emergence interchange, and the Diamniadio-AIBD-Sindia highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have delivered with ongoing projects like the flagship Ila Touba highway project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We recently delivered with the inauguration of the Bokhole, Malicounda solar power plants, and last Friday with the ICS project in Darou Khoudos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are delivering today with the launch of the TER works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And we will continue delivering tomorrow, with other projects in agriculture, livestock, fisheries, tourism, air transport, and many other sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is the PSE\u2014a plan supported by a vision and carried out in actions for a Senegal that moves, a Senegal that advances, a Senegal that is ever more prosperous, a Senegal for all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See you on Monday, January 14, 2019, for the inauguration!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you for your kind attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
14 d\u00e9cembre 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident de l\u2019Assembl\u00e9e nationale,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monsieur le Premier Ministre, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident du Haut Conseil des Collectivit\u00e9s territoriales,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Madame la Pr\u00e9sidente du Conseil \u00e9conomique, social et environnemental,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les Ministres, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les D\u00e9put\u00e9s, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les membres du Haut Conseil des collectivit\u00e9s territoriales, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les membres du Conseil Economique, social et environnemental, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Excellence, Monsieur l\u2019Ambassadeur de la R\u00e9publique Fran\u00e7aise au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monsieur le Repr\u00e9sentant de la Banque islamique de D\u00e9veloppement,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Monsieur le Repr\u00e9sentant de la Banque africaine de D\u00e9veloppement,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les repr\u00e9sentants des entreprises partenaires, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les membres du Corps diplomatique, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mesdames, Messieurs les autorit\u00e9s administratives et territoriales, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Autorit\u00e9s religieuses et coutumi\u00e8res, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mes chers compatriotes d\u2019ici et de la diaspora, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Aujourd\u2019hui, 14 d\u00e9cembre 2016, notre pays franchit, en vitesse<\/em><\/strong>,<\/strong> une \u00e9tape significative de sa marche r\u00e9solue vers l\u2019\u00e9mergence. En vitesse<\/em><\/strong>,<\/strong> parce que nous lan\u00e7ons les travaux d\u2019un train express.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Comme vous le savez, nous avons inscrit les infrastructures parmi les secteurs strat\u00e9giques du Plan S\u00e9n\u00e9gal Emergent, parce que sans infrastructures, il ne peut y avoir ni \u00e9mergence, ni d\u00e9veloppement, ni prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sans infrastructures, la circulation des personnes, des biens et services est r\u00e9duite \u00e0 sa plus simple expression ; le transport est paralys\u00e9 et nous restons isol\u00e9s les uns des autres. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 pourquoi les infrastructures sont si fondamentales pour un pays qui aspire au progr\u00e8s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Et voil\u00e0 tout le sens de cette c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de lancement des travaux du projet de Train Express R\u00e9gional (TER), le plus grand projet du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal ind\u00e9pendant.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019histoire du chemin de fer au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal remonte au 19e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle, avec la ligne ferroviaire Dakar – Saint-Louis, inaugur\u00e9e en 1885. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ce chemin de fer, \u00e0 \u00e9cartement m\u00e9trique, sans doute moderne \u00e0 son \u00e9poque, a fait son temps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aujourd\u2019hui, 131 ann\u00e9es apr\u00e8s, nous sommes ici \u00e0 Diamniadio, anim\u00e9s par une volont\u00e9 in\u00e9branlable de changer de paradigme<\/strong> ; une volont\u00e9 de vivre notre temps ; une volont\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9pouser la modernit\u00e9 ; une volont\u00e9 de regarder l\u2019avenir avec confiance et ambition. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous sommes ici pour offrir \u00e0 notre pays ce qui se fait de meilleur dans le monde et c\u2019est cela ma vision et mon ambition pour un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal Emergent. Et pour ce faire, nous avons mobilis\u00e9 nos intelligences et mis nos moyens avec ceux de nos partenaires au service de nos ambitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 la vision qui sous-tend le projet de Train Express R\u00e9gional. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Il s\u2019agit de r\u00e9aliser un chemin de fer \u00e0 traction \u00e9lectrique, moderne, rapide et \u00e0 \u00e9cartement standard ; le premier en Afrique de l\u2019Ouest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus qu\u2019une \u00e9volution, c\u2019est assur\u00e9ment une r\u00e9volution technologique que nous entamons \u00e0 partir d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous constatons que l\u2019Afrique Subsaharienne est en train de sauter une g\u00e9n\u00e9ration technologique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal est fier d\u2019\u00eatre dans le peloton de t\u00eate de ce mouvement, celui des joints ventures o\u00f9 des industriels fran\u00e7ais, turcs, chinois, s\u00e9n\u00e9galais et autres coop\u00e8rent ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le TER qui fera d\u00e9sormais partie de notre lexique quotidien, correspond \u00e0 notre aspiration l\u00e9gitime aux mieux \u00eatre et r\u00e9pond \u00e0 des n\u00e9cessit\u00e9s multiples. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Premi\u00e8rement, le TER r\u00e9pond \u00e0 une n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 imp\u00e9rative de d\u00e9sengorger Dakar et ses environs.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec moins de 0,3 % du territoire national, la r\u00e9gion de Dakar abrite plus de 66 % de l\u2019activit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique de notre pays et pr\u00e8s de 25 % de la population s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u2019y ajoute la densit\u00e9 de son parc automobile : chaque ann\u00e9e la r\u00e9gion de Dakar enregistre environ 40 000 nouvelles immatriculations.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le TER aidera donc \u00e0 r\u00e9soudre les d\u00e9sagr\u00e9ments li\u00e9s \u00e0 cette concentration excessive de l\u2019activit\u00e9 \u00e9conomique, de la d\u00e9mographie et du trafic routier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Deuxi\u00e8mement, le TER r\u00e9pond \u00e0 un besoin logique de mieux connecter Dakar, le p\u00f4le urbain de Diamniadio et le pays profond.<\/strong> A trente kilom\u00e8tres de Dakar, la nouvelle ville de Diamniadio est en train de prendre forme. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec son Centre international de conf\u00e9rences, ses h\u00f4tels, sa Cit\u00e9 du Savoir, dont la 2e<\/sup> Universit\u00e9 de Dakar, son stade multifonctionnel, son parc industriel, ses logements et ses b\u00e2timents administratifs, pour ne citer que ces <\/em>quelques infrastructures, Diamniadio ville-carrefour, devient progressivement comme un c\u0153ur qui bat pour irriguer les art\u00e8res entre Dakar et le S\u00e9n\u00e9gal des profondeurs<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Afin d\u2019assurer cette vocation naturelle et vitale de ville-relais, Diamniadio doit disposer des infrastructures les plus avanc\u00e9es et \u00e9viter ainsi le pi\u00e8ge d\u2019une modernit\u00e9 mal con\u00e7ue et mal maitris\u00e9e. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Diamniadio est d\u00e9j\u00e0 desservie par une autoroute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mais une projection sur le futur, dans cinq ans, dix ans, vingt-ans ou plus, nous montre que cette infrastructure est certes indispensable, mais largement insuffisante pour porter toutes les ambitions du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal \u00e9mergent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Or, gouverner c\u2019est pr\u00e9voir. <\/strong>C\u2019est aussi cela le sens et la rationalit\u00e9 du TER : venir en compl\u00e9ment de l\u2019autoroute pour d\u00e9sengorger Dakar et sa banlieue, les connecter \u00e0 Diamniadio, et ouvrir de nouveaux horizons, vers le centre, l\u2019Est, le Nord et le Sud de notre pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Troisi\u00e8mement, enfin, le TER r\u00e9pond au rendez-vous de la mise en service, l\u2019ann\u00e9e prochaine, de l\u2019A\u00e9roport international Blaise Diagne (AIBD). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Les travaux de construction de l\u2019AIBD sont en phase finale. D\u00e8s 2017, l\u2019a\u00e9roport devra \u00eatre op\u00e9rationnel, pour accueillir environ trois millions de passagers par an, d\u2019apr\u00e8s les premi\u00e8res estimations. Sans doute beaucoup plus dans le futur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Or un a\u00e9roport, c\u2019est plus qu\u2019une piste, une tour de contr\u00f4le, des halls et un parking. Un a\u00e9roport, c\u2019est tout un environnement infrastructurel qui doit r\u00e9pondre aux normes internationales les plus exigeantes, dont la facilit\u00e9 d\u2019acc\u00e8s et de connexion \u00e0 des voies de circulation rapides et confortables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est le prix \u00e0 payer si nous voulons que notre nouvel a\u00e9roport joue pleinement sa vocation de hub a\u00e9rien moderne et dynamique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 ce qui fonde la troisi\u00e8me rationalit\u00e9 du TER.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Aujourd\u2019hui, nous lan\u00e7ons la premi\u00e8re phase du projet, entre Dakar et Diamniadio, sur 36 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n D\u2019un co\u00fbt global de 568 milliards<\/strong> FCFA, toutes infrastructures incluses, les travaux de cette premi\u00e8re phase vont durer deux ans et \u00eatre achev\u00e9s en 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous sommes le mercredi 14 d\u00e9cembre 2016. Je donne rendez-vous aux entreprises partenaires le lundi 14 janvier 2019 pour inaugurer la ligne et faire le premier trajet Dakar-Diamniadio en TER. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Pr\u00e8s de dix mille 10 000 personnes<\/strong> travailleront sur le projet, en emplois directs et indirects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le projet aura aussi d\u2019autres effets d’entra\u00eenement, notamment la valorisation des zones travers\u00e9es, la r\u00e9duction des embouteillages et des accidents routiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u2019y ajoute le transfert de technologies avec la cr\u00e9ation d\u2019un Centre de formation d\u00e9di\u00e9 \u00e0 la mobilit\u00e9 urbaine, <\/strong>pour former et perfectionner les ressources humaines indispensables au renouveau du chemin de fer au S\u00e9n\u00e9gal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n S\u2019agissant de ses sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9s techniques<\/strong>, le TER sera \u00e0 \u00e9cartement standard, avec une traction bi-mode, thermique et \u00e9lectrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Il portera sur un lin\u00e9aire total de 55 km, de Dakar \u00e0 AIBD, et desservira 14 gares. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Avec une vitesse de pointe pouvant atteindre 160 km\/h, il reliera le centre-ville de Dakar \u00e0 l\u2019AIBD en 45 minutes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Son volume de transport sera sans commune mesure avec nos capacit\u00e9s actuelles : le TER pourra transporter jusqu\u2019\u00e0 115 000 passagers<\/strong> par jour, contre 15 000<\/strong> seulement aujourd\u2019hui avec le Petit Train de Banlieue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n De plus, il sera combin\u00e9 avec d\u2019autres syst\u00e8mes de transport interurbains, notamment les Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) ; <\/strong>avec un syst\u00e8me int\u00e9gr\u00e9 de billetterie, le m\u00eame ticket permettant d\u2019effectuer un m\u00eame voyage en TER et BRT. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 mesdames, messieurs, les contours globaux de cette premi\u00e8re phase du TER, entre Dakar et Diamniadio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Par souci d\u2019anticipation, nous avons d\u00e9j\u00e0 travaill\u00e9 sur les \u00e9tapes futures parce que le TER est con\u00e7u pour desservir AIBD<\/strong>, et plus tard Saly, Mbour et Thi\u00e8s<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Et ce ne sera pas fini, <\/strong>parce que nous comptons aussi relancer la ligne ferroviaire Dakar-Tambacounda-Bamako,<\/strong> avec le m\u00eame \u00e9cartement standard que le TER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je tiens absolument \u00e0 la relance du chemin de fer Dakar-Bamako parce que c\u2019est un projet \u00e9conomiquement rentable, un projet int\u00e9grateur, qui nous relie au Mali, un pays plus que voisin et fr\u00e8re, auquel nous sommes unis par l’histoire et la communaut\u00e9 de destin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Et puis, si nous avons le sens de l\u2019histoire et du destin commun, nous ne pouvons pas faire au 21<\/strong>e<\/sup><\/strong> si\u00e8cle moins que ce qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 fait au 20<\/strong>e<\/sup><\/strong> si\u00e8cle.<\/strong> <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Le chemin de fer Dakar-Bamako date du si\u00e8cle dernier. Il a rendu d\u2019\u00e9normes services mais il ne peut plus satisfaire nos besoins en mati\u00e8re de transport de personnes et de biens entre nos deux pays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rien que le fret des marchandises mobilise plus de 400 camions<\/strong> par jour<\/strong>, avec comme cons\u00e9quence directe une d\u00e9gradation rapide des routes qui entra\u00eene des d\u00e9penses co\u00fbteuses en entretien et r\u00e9paration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je voudrais maintenant faire une mention sp\u00e9ciale pour les partenaires qui nous accompagnent dans le financement du projet du TER : la France, la Banque islamique de D\u00e9veloppement et la Banque africaine de D\u00e9veloppement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n En nous faisant confiance par les pr\u00eats qu\u2019ils nous ont consentis, nos partenaires font aussi un pari optimiste sur nos ambitions et notre vision du d\u00e9veloppement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est pourquoi je tiens \u00e0 les remercier chaleureusement pour ce partenariat pionnier, \u00e0 la pointe du progr\u00e8s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je f\u00e9licite toutes les entreprises qui, \u00e0 l\u2019issue d\u2019une s\u00e9lection rigoureuse, sont attributaires des diff\u00e9rents lots des march\u00e9s du TER. Elles ont \u00e9t\u00e9 nombreuses dans la comp\u00e9tition. Celles qui ont gagn\u00e9 ont assur\u00e9ment fait les meilleures offres techniques et financi\u00e8res en conformit\u00e9 avec les exigences du projet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je me r\u00e9jouis en particulier que des entreprises s\u00e9n\u00e9galaises participent \u00e0 la r\u00e9alisation du projet, non pas en sous-traitance, mais en groupement.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Je salue \u00e9galement l\u2019expertise s\u00e9n\u00e9galaise qui a travaill\u00e9 sans arr\u00eat pendant deux ans, avec l\u2019appui de nos partenaires, pour le montage de ce projet complexe aux plans technique, financier et juridique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Je veux dire \u00e0 tous ma fiert\u00e9. Je f\u00e9licite les Ministre des Infrastructures, des Transports terrestres et du D\u00e9senclavement, le Ministre de l\u2019Economie des Finances et du Plan et toutes leurs \u00e9quipes, le Secr\u00e9taire d\u2019Etat charg\u00e9 des Chemins de fer, ainsi que le Directeur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral de l\u2019APIX et celui de l\u2019Agence Nationale des chemins de fer du S\u00e9n\u00e9gal SYSTRA pour la qualit\u00e9 du travail accompli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019exhorte toutes les entreprises partenaires et toutes les autorit\u00e9s impliqu\u00e9es \u00e0 diff\u00e9rents niveaux dans la r\u00e9alisation du projet \u00e0 faire preuve de la m\u00eame diligence dans l\u2019ex\u00e9cution des travaux. Ensemble, nous avons pris des engagements, ensemble respectons nos engagements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Alors, au travail et en avant pour les autres \u00e9tapes. Et croyez-moi, je ferai souvent des visites de chantier sans pr\u00e9venir !<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous avons, enfin, un autre d\u00e9fi \u00e0 relever : celui de l\u2019adaptation \u00e0 l\u2019environnement du TER. Le jalon que nous plantons aujourd\u2019hui introduit une r\u00e9volution dans notre syst\u00e8me de transport public de masse et aura de profondes r\u00e9percussions sur notre mode de vie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le TER combine la vitesse et la pr\u00e9cision. On sait exactement quand-est ce que le train entre en gare et quand est-ce qu\u2019il quitte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Tous les ouvrages qui l\u2019accompagnent sont con\u00e7us pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ces deux imp\u00e9ratifs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Voil\u00e0 pourquoi le TER devra aussi susciter, plus qu\u2019une \u00e9volution, une r\u00e9volution des mentalit\u00e9s. <\/em><\/strong>Pour \u00eatre au diapason de cette nouvelle \u00e8re de modernit\u00e9 que nous voulons pour notre pays avec des projets de cette nature, il nous faudra de nouvelles attitudes ; il nous faudra une discipline individuelle et collective ;<\/strong> un esprit de m\u00e9thode et d\u2019organisation, comme aimait \u00e0 le dire le Pr\u00e9sident Senghor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est pourquoi j\u2019ai demand\u00e9 qu\u2019une Maison du TER<\/strong> soit cr\u00e9\u00e9e dans le cadre du projet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cette plateforme, dont je viens de visiter un prototype \u00e0 la gare de Dakar, servira de cadre d\u2019accueil, d\u2019information et d’\u00e9change sur tous les aspects du projet, allant de la conception \u00e0 la mise en service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n J\u2019invite les futurs usagers du train \u00e0 visiter la Maison du TER pour s\u2019informer sur toutes les facettes de ce nouveau mode de transport de masse, se familiariser avec les sp\u00e9cificit\u00e9s technologiques propres au dispositif ferroviaire \u00e9lectrique, au syst\u00e8me d\u2019\u00e9mission des tickets et aux services rattach\u00e9s \u00e0 l\u2019exploitation du TER. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mes chers compatriotes, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Apr\u00e8s cette c\u00e9r\u00e9monie consacr\u00e9e au TER, je vous donne rendez-vous pour le lancement d\u2019autres projets, en d\u2019autres lieux, parce que plus que jamais, avec la mise en \u0153uvre du PSE, nous sommes dans le temps de l\u2019action. Et nos actes r\u00e9pondent \u00e0 nos promesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous l\u2019avons fait avec les projets achev\u00e9s du prolongement de la VDN, de l\u2019\u00e9changeur de l\u2019Emergence et de l\u2019autoroute Diamniadio-AIBD-Sindia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous l\u2019avons fait avec les travaux en cours du projet phare d\u2019autoroute Ila Touba<\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous l\u2019avons fait r\u00e9cemment avec l\u2019inauguration des centrales solaires de Bokhole, de Malicounda et vendredi des ICS de Darou Khoudos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous le faisons aujourd\u2019hui avec le lancement des travaux du TER.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Et nous le ferons demain, avec d\u2019autres projets, dans l\u2019agriculture, dans l\u2019\u00e9levage, dans la p\u00eache, dans le tourisme, le transport a\u00e9rien et dans bien d\u2019autres domaines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n C\u2019est cela le PSE, un plan soutenu par une vision et d\u00e9clin\u00e9 en actions, pour un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal qui bouge, un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal qui avance, un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal toujours plus prosp\u00e8re, un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal de tous, un S\u00e9n\u00e9gal pour tous !<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rendez-vous le lundi 14 janvier 2019 pour l\u2019inauguration !<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous remercie de votre aimable attention.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 14 December 2016 Mr. President of the National Assembly, Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. President of the High Council of Territorial Communities, Madam President of the Economic, Social, and\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,8,46],"tags":[],"msf_theme":[69],"msf_place":[81],"class_list":["post-2973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-publications","category-publications","category-speeches","msf_theme-development","msf_place-dakar-senegal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2973\/revisions\/2976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"msf_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_theme?post=2973"},{"taxonomy":"msf_place","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.mackysallfoundation.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/msf_place?post=2973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}