Utility, roads infrastructure projects underway in Georgia's seaside city of Batumi
Currently, two-layer asphalt-concrete pavement laying works are underway on about 10 road sections on the territory and enterprises are being set up on 90 hectares of land in the industrial zone of Batumi. Photo: Government of Adjara
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Infrastructure projects setting up utilities and roads are “actively” underway in the industrial zone of western Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi, the regional Government of Adjara said on Friday.
The projects worth ₾13.6 million ($5 mln), also include gasification and provision of internet connection and arrangement of an outdoor lighting system and drainage channels.
Head of the Adjara government Tornike Rizhvadze along with Batumi City Mayor Archil Chikovani visited the construction site earlier today. Photo: Government of Adjara
Currently, two-layer asphalt-concrete pavement laying works are underway on about 10 road sections on the territory and enterprises are being set up on 90 hectares of land in the industrial zone of Batumi.
Additionally, a private investment of ₾75 million ($27.6), creating 1,500 jobs is also planned in the city, the local government said, adding 25 investment projects were already being implemented.
A “growing and positive” dynamics of tourism recovery in Georgia’s Black Sea region of Adjara was one of the topics discussed by Tornike Rizhvadze, the Head of the regional Government, at a Supreme Council meeting on Tuesday.
A new terminal has been opened at the airport of the Georgian Black Sea resort town of Batumi that will now be able to serve 1.2 million passengers annually. The expansion of Batumi International Airport was conditioned by the increase of passenger flow, which exceeded 600,000 in 2019.
In total $100 million will be invested in an artificial island in the shape of a palm tree planned to be built in Georgia's Black Sea resort town of Batumi. Ambassador Island is the name of the project which will be developed on 90 ha in Tamari settlement, at the entrance to the city, near Batumi Central Station.
A total of 40 families have received apartments in Georgia's seaside town of Batumi earlier today in the framework of the affordable housing project financed by Batumi City Hall. "The first stage of the affordable housing project (so-called cheap house) implemented by Batumi City Hall has been completed,” the government of Adjara states.