Tskneti-Betania road opens, connecting Tbilisi to summer resort areas

The 4-kilometer-long section of Tskneti-Samadlo and Tskneti-Akhaldaba road, which was damaged during a flood on June 13, 2015, has opened, announces the Georgian Ministry of Infrastructure.

The Tskneti-Betania road is a difficult section which is linked to Tsalka, Gardabani and Tetritskaro municipalities.

This road posed a great danger to Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi. Experts warned a landslide at the Tskneti-Betania road could be repeated if heavy rainfall were to occur. The rennovatoon of the road will make travel on the road comfortable and safe.

The Tskneti-Betania section of the road was completely destroyed in a flash flood on June 13.

Now as the road has opened traveling from Tbilisi to summer resort areas will become easier. Moreover, the new road meet international standards and is safer to travel. Photo: Ministry of Infrastructure.

Overnight on June 13 a large rock and mud landslide crashed down into the right bank of the Vere River near Akhaldaba village, nine km from Tbilisi on the Tskneti-Betania road.

About a million cubic meters of solid mass came down in the landslide, which created a flow of debris and temporarily blocked the Vere River Valley. The landslide also blocked the road that connected Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to nearby summer resort areas Tskneti, Betania, Manglisi, Pantiani and other villages.

Now as the road has opened traveling from Tbilisi to summer resort areas will become easier. Moreover, the new road meet international standards and is safer to travel.

The project was carried out with the financial support of the European Investment Bank (EIB) and its cost exceeds 29 million GEL (about $11.86m/€10.19m*).

*Currency conversions reflect National Bank of Georgia values as of today.