New bypass around Georgia’s capital Tbilisi announced
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Travellers moving through Georgia's capital will soon be able to drive along a new bypass road that detours the central city, offering them a pleasant journey with lush scenery along a top quality road that meets international standards.
Today it was announced the Asian Development Bank has allocated "several million GEL” to finance the new Tbilisi Bypass Road project.
The Roads Department of Georgia said work on the project started today, and announced a tender for preparing the technical feasibility study of the bypass road. The project documentation should be designed within 15 months.
The bypass road is about 20km long. Photo by the Roads Department of Georgia.
Starting from Natakhtari on the outskirts of capital Tbilisi, the new Tbilisi Bypass Road will head to Zhinvali, in Georgia’s Mtskheta-Mtianeti region. The bypass road spans about 20km long.
The Roads Department said the new Tbilisi Bypass Road would solve the problems caused by the landslides on the existing bypass road.
The Department said the Tbilisi Bypass Road was of huge great importance; it would provide a city detour route to transit local and international goods.
Rehabilitation works to upgrade the Tbilisi Bypass Road are progressing well; work on the latest section is due to end this summer meaning traffic will soon be able to bypass the central city on a new road that meets international standards.
World leading financial institutions the World Bank (WB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) are helping Georgia upgrade the country’s main transport route - the East-West highway.
Yesterday the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia opened the 19 kilometre section of the Ruisi-Agara Highway in east Georgia.
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