Georgia building 140 km of new highways, 70 km of which to open in 2020
PM Gakharia opened two new lanes on the 19-kilometer section of the Kutaisi bypass road today. Photo: Gov't of Georgia.
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Georgia is currently building 140 kilometers of new large highways, of which a total of 70 km roads will be opened by the end of 2020, says Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia.
There will be additional two lanes on the Kutaisi bypass road, Khashuri bypass road, Japana-Lanchkhuti section of Samtredia-Grigoleti road. These are the sections of our international highways that will open during the summer and autumn, by the end of this year. Also, the roads of Rikoti Pass, Grigoleti-Kobuleti and Batumi bypass are under construction and our citizens who travel on these roads see that works are underway. The planning of the Kvesheti-Kobi road is also underway", Gakharia said.
Construction of two new lanes on the 19-kilometer section of the Kutaisi bypass road has been completed and starting today movement in both western and eastern directions will be one-way.
When opening the road today, Gakharia said that the construction of the remaining 22.3 km section of the road will be completed by the end of 2020, after which the Kutaisi bypass road will be fully four-lane and one-way in both directions.
To improve traffic safety, the Georgian government has funded the construction of two new lanes of the Kutaisi bypass road from the state budget with about 200,255,000 GEL.
Gakharia said that in one week one more section of the Samtredia-Grigoleti road will be opened and by autumn the Khashuri bypass road will also be opened.
Gakharia said that last year a record 804 km of roads were repaired.
The modernisation of Rikoti Pass continues to more efficiently connect East and West Georgia. As part of the project two new tunnels have been carved on the Khevi-Ubisa section, near the villages of Ubisa and Gantiadi.
800 km of roads have been rebuilt across Georgia in 2019, which is almost four times more compared to the previous year, said Head of the Roads Department Irakli Karseladze earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has summed up the past six months of development work on Georgia’s road system, noting that the development of road infrastructure is the priority for the government.
Georgian Finance Minister and vice-president of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have signed a $343 million agreement today to help Georgia develop its major transport artery, the East-West Highway.
Ongoing work on a highway of "crucial" importance, set to connect Georgia's capital Tbilisi with the Black Sea city of Batumi, will be completed soon, prime minister Giorgi Gakharia told reporters on Saturday.
Forty-seven streets in western Georgian town of Zugdidi will be repaired, for which 52 million GEL (about $16.86/€14.29) will be spent, announces the Roads Department of Georgia.
Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili has presented the annual 2020 for 2020 and discussed the activities the Georgian Ministry of Infrastructure carried out this year.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Maia Tskitishvili has presented new projects today that will be implemented in Georgia this year. The new projects are mainly related to the renovation of schools and roads in Georgia.
The first 2.5 km two-lane section of the Rikoti Highway, a mountain pass which divides Georgia into its eastern and western parts, will open this fall, announces Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze. He said that 70-80% of the Rikoti Pass project is in the active construction phase.
The two sections of the Samtredia-Grigoleti and Grigoleti-Kobuleti roads in Georgia’s west, in total 15 km of the East-West highway, were opened on Saturday, the Georgian Infrastructure Ministry announced.