Tbilisi City Hall allocates over $1 mln for reconstruction of metro station
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Tbilisi City Hall will allocate slightly more than $1 million to reconstruct metro station Gotsiridze, announced Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze earlier today.
He noted that the construction work will start in the coming days.
The reconstruction includes roofing the subway platform, setting up two elevators and tactile paving.
The station's vestibule, the platform and rooms for employees will be reconstructed.
A new sound system will be installed and the power system of the station will be changed.
The station will be adapted for people with disabilities as well.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) will provide a €75 million sovereign loan to modernise Tbilisi’s metro network in Georgian capital city. The EBRD will allocate €65 million while the GCF will provide €10 million, which will be spent on the acquisition of 40 modern metro cars as well as the modernisation of a depot and a tunnel.
Starting from today Tbilisi Metro will serve passengers from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., due to the planned repair works which will continue for a year.
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Metro station Gotsiridze will be closed for three months for reconstruction, reports the press office of Tbilisi City Hall.
Forty-four new metro cars are planned to be bought at a cost of approximately $49.2 million, Interpressnews agency reports.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports that Tbilisi Metro will purchase 44 new metro cars from Russian engineering company Metrowagonmash.
Tbilisi metro stations will be adapted for people with disabilities with financial support of international organisations including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, mayor Kakha Kaladze announced on Wednesday.