Ski resort Bakuriani bypass road opens, will help prevent large traffic jams in season
The total cost of the project was more than 6.3 million GEL (about $2.12 mln/€1.84 mln) and was financed by the European Investment Bank. Photo: Municipal Development Fund.
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The construction of a three-kilometre bypass road in the popular ski resort town of Bakuriani has opened, and will hopefully lead to a decrease of large traffic jams during the winter season, the Georgian Municipal Development Fund announces.
The bypass will go around Bakuriani and lead to the Didveli ski zone.
The area has long been subjected to frequent traffic jams because of weather conditions and large seasonal flows of skiers and cargo transit.
The total cost of the project was more than 6.3 million GEL (about $2.12 mln/€1.84 mln) and was financed by the European Investment Bank.
Construction of the road started in June 2018 by the Municipal Development Fund and was completed in September of this year.
The Municipal Development Fund is investing 55 million GEL ($18.5 mln/€16 mln) to implement a number of major infrastructure projects in Bakuriani.
Furthermore, international company Doppelmayr Garaventa Group will build three new ski lifts in Bakuriani to help the resort get ready to host the 2023 Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships.
An agreement to build a 9-km tunnel on the Kvesheti-Kobi road was signed today by Chinese company China Railway Tunnel Group Co., LTD (CRTG) and the Georgian Ministry of Infrastructure, announces the Roads Department of Georgia.
Travellers headed for Georgia's famous ski resort of Bakuriani will soon be able to drive on a new bypass that detours the resort, passes through the forest and ends up in the Didveli ski zone.
Chinese company China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co will build a new 13 km-long Kvesheti-Kobi road in Georgia, announces the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure of Georgia.
The Municipal Development Fund of the Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure has started construction work on the Bakuriani bypass road.
The Labor Inspection Department has fined the Georgian branch of Chinese company China Railway 23rd Bureau Group Co 50,000 GEL ($16,845/€15,326) for violating work safety rules that caused the death of one worker, announced the Georgian Ministry of Health.