“Complete rehabilitation” of 21-km highway underway in western Georgia
The ₾14,288,887 ($4.8mln/€4.5mln) project is funded from the state budget, and also includes setting up of connections to local roads and entrances to yards of the local population. Photo: Roads Department of Georgia
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A 21-kilometre section of western Georgia’s Zestaponi-Kitskhi-Kharagauli highway is undergoing “complete rehabilitation,” the Georgian Roads Department announced on Tuesday.
The state body revealed “intensive” work on the road, with asphalt and concrete paving being laid and drainage pipes being installed.
The ₾14,288,887 ($4.8mln/€4.5mln) project is funded from the state budget, and also includes setting up of connections to local roads and entrances to yards of the local population.
Markings are also being added along the highway, in addition to the work on setting up road signs, the Department said.
The first and the fourth sections of the Samtredia-Grigoleti road in Georgia’s west, under the E60 highway, will open this year, Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze announced on Wednesday.
Construction works on 88 bridges and 51 tunnels are “actively underway” at the Rikoti Pass, a mountain section dividing Georgia into its eastern and western parts, the Roads Department announced on Tuesday.
Construction is underway for the Kvesheti-Kobi road and tunnel section in Georgia’s north, with the section forming a part of the North-South corridor in the central part of the country.
A 51-kilometer road connecting the two Georgian regions of Zemo Imereti and Racha has opened today, shortening the distance between the two regions by 80 km and reducing travelling time by 1.5 hours. The new road starts from the Sachkhere village and passes through seven villages. Finally the road joins the Ambrolauri-Oni road.
Rehabilitation of roads continues in western Georgia, where about 600 kilometres of roads are planned to be updated this year, the Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze said on Tuesday.