Georgia’s Roads Department wins arbitration disputes in Paris on construction of East-West Highway sections
The Roads Department of Georgia has won three disputes in the French international arbitration against construction companies contracted for work on the first and third sections of the Samtredia-Grigoleti and Zemo Osiauri-Chumateleti sections of the E-60 East-West Highway in the country. Photo: Infrastructure Ministry
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The Roads Department of Georgia has won three disputes in the French international arbitration against construction companies contracted for work on the first and third sections of the Samtredia-Grigoleti and Zemo Osiauri-Chumateleti sections of the E-60 East-West Highway in the country, the Infrastructure Ministry announced on Friday.
The Roads Department terminated the contracts with the contractor companies due to non-fulfillment of the obligations and started a legal dispute in the international arbitration in order to compensate the damages caused by them. The arbitration of Paris decided all three disputes in favour of the Department, and the damage will be compensated with ₾187 million ($63.61mln)", said the Ministry.
The Ministry also said that currently, a new construction company is carrying out works on the first section of Samtredia-Grigoleti road, which are planned to be completed by the end of 2022.
Construction of the Zemo Ossiauri-Chumateleti section is also underway, and the works are planned to be completed in 2023.
As for the third section of Samtredia-Grigoleti, tender procedures are underway to select a new contractor, said the Ministry.
The automobile road leading to north-eastern Georgia’s picturesque and remote Tusheti highland region is set to be rehabilitated and modernised to make travel easier and safer for both visitors and farmers.
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.
Construction of the 16 km Abastumani bypass road in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of south-west Georgia will be completed in 2023, Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze announced on Wednesday.
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.
Renovation of a two-kilometre section of the Tsagveri-Timotesubani-Tadzari highway in central Georgia’s Borjomi Municipality is “actively underway", the Roads Department of Georgia announced on Friday.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Monday said the Government had won ₾70 million ($26mln) in French international arbitration against an Italian construction company that had been contracted for work on a part of the Samtredia-Grigoleti section of the E-60 East-West Highway across the country.