JOJ : La place de l’Indépendance livrée « au plus tard à la mi-octobre 2026 »
The redevelopment of Independence Square is more than 80% complete, according to the City of Dakar. The municipality announced that the project will be finished "no later than mid-October 2026." This clarification comes after Prime Minister Ahmadou Al Aminou Lô, during his general policy statement on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, indicated that he intended to visit the site's redevelopment.
In a statement published on its digital platforms this Wednesday, September 9, the City of Dakar reminds everyone that Independence Square "is neither a site for celebration nor competition for the Dakar-2026 Youth Olympic Games (YOG)".
The mayor, Abass Fall, specifies that "the 5 billion CFA franc subsidy granted by the State to the City of Dakar for the Youth Olympic Games is exclusively intended for investment and concerns road works (2 billion), public lighting (1 billion), branding (1 billion) and part of the development work on boulevards and public squares (1 billion)."
The municipality also specifies that, within the framework of the Youth Olympic Games, the City of Dakar has launched contracts worth 13 billion CFA francs for various development and beautification works.
Among these contracts is the one for Independence Square, worth 744 million CFA francs. The works also concern Boulevard Gueule Tapée and Allées Cheikh Sidaty Aidara, as well as roads, public lighting, and the development of 14 synthetic pitches in the municipalities.
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