Tbilisi’s Melikishvili Avenue to be renovated with new infrastructure
Set to start next month and run through November, the works on the street connecting Chavchavadze and Rustaveli avenues will lead to it being closed for traffic. An artist impression. Photo: BM.ge.
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Tbilisi City Hall is launching a renovation of Melikishvili Avenue, one of the major transport arteries of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, which will include installation of new infrastructure on the street, Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced on Wednesday.
Set to start next month and run through November, the works on the street connecting Chavchavadze and Rustaveli avenues will lead to it being closed for traffic.
At a Tbilisi City Assembly meeting earlier today, Kaladze spoke about the "worst conditions" of the Avenue, mentioning underground communications and road surface of the four-lane street that "cannot withstand criticism" due to years of neglect.
Melikishvili Avenue will connect to [the recently renovated] Chavchavadze Avenue, with the entire area finally being fully renovated,” the Mayor said.
As part of the project, city authorities plan to complete the following works:
- Full replacement of underground communication network
- Setting up of drainage system
- Moving of overhead cables underground
- Installation of new lighting posts with modern LED lights
- Laying of new road surface
- Setting up of a bus lane, new bus stops and bicycle lanes
- Installation of underground waste containers
Kaladze said all infrastructure set up on the Avenue would be adapted for people with disabilities.
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