Georgia's western regions welcome 400 projects worth $14mln in 2022
The infrastructural projects included renovation of local kindergartens, cultural and tourist sites as well as improvement of road infrastructure and water supply systems. Photo: Ambrolauri Municipality
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About 400 projects worth ₾37 million ($14mln) have been implemented in the western Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti regions of Georgia in 2022, the Ministry of Infrastructure announced on Wednesday.
The infrastructural projects included renovation of local kindergartens, cultural and tourist sites as well as improvement of road infrastructure and water supply systems.
Papuna Margveladze, the State Representative in the regions, specified about 40 km of internal rural roads had been built this year, with water supply systems fixed in 25 villages.
Deputy Infrastructure Minister Ilia Begiashvili said “various infrastructure projects” had been underway this year in all four municipalities of the region “depending on the needs of the specific municipalities”.
“One-year projects are fully completed, in addition to parts of the transition projects that were due to be completed during 2022”, he said, adding he expected similar investments in infrastructure next year.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure on Saturday visited infrastructure projects ongoing as part of the Renewed Regions state programme in Kareli, a city of central-eastern Georgia’s Shida Kartli region, the Government Administration said.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili visited the infrastructure projects in the country’s western Imereti region on Saturday.
During his visit, Garibashvili said the Government was willing to spend over 70 million GEL on infrastructure projects in Imereti region.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili visited agriculture projects during his tour in Georgia’s winemaking Kakheti region on Saturday.
The government of Japan is financing the implementation of four new projects worth half a million US dollars in Georgia, announces the Embassy of Japan in Georgia. Georgia and Japan signed the agreement in March 2020.
A total of 370 projects worth ₾32 million ($12.02mln) have been financed in the four municipalities of central-eastern Georgia’s Shida Kartli region this year, the Ministry of Infrastructure said on Wednesday.
A Government programme will build 330 brand-new kindergartens and renovate 555 facilities across Georgia following an initiative by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.