New 6 km section of East-West highway opens in Georgia - Infrastructure Ministry
Traffic movement has already been opened for motor transport on the 11 km long, four-lane section of the Grigoleti-Kobuleti bypass highway, with the works “actively underway” for the remaining 3 km of the main road, which is to be completed next year, the Ministry said. Photo: Ministry of Infrastructure
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A new 6 km highway section has been added to the 5 km section of the Grigoleti-Kobuleti road in Georgia’s west, which was opened last year, the country’s Infrastructure Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The construction works of the Grigoleti-Kobuleti main road project include the construction of a 14.4 km four-lane asphaltic concrete road, 22 bridge crossings, four traffic junctions, water pipes and underground passages.
Photo: Infrastructure Ministry
Traffic movement has already been opened for motor transport on the 11 km long, four-lane section of the Grigoleti-Kobuleti bypass highway, with the works “actively underway” for the remaining 3 km of the main road, which is to be completed next year, the Ministry said.
The body also noted that the highway construction project was being implemented within the European Investment Bank's loan agreement, worth ₾228 million ($84 mln).
The Samtredia-Grigoleti road will be connected to the Kobuleti bypass road, with the traffic moving from Grigoleti to Kobuleti via the high-speed highway, the Ministry added.
The two sections of the Samtredia-Grigoleti and Grigoleti-Kobuleti roads in Georgia’s west, in total 15 km of the East-West highway, were opened on Saturday, the Georgian Infrastructure Ministry announced.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated that the travel time from Tbilisi to Batumi will be just three hours by 2024 after the construction of 96 bridges and 53 tunnels will be completed on the Rikoti Pass. Currently the trip takes between five-six hours. Garibashvili noted that projects of such scale and complexity have not been implemented in the country.
The European Investment Bank has provided an additional €106.7 million to upgrade two sections of Georgia's East-West (E60) highway, the country’s main road artery, and extend the motorway to the borders with Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Ongoing work on a highway of "crucial" importance, set to connect Georgia's capital Tbilisi with the Black Sea city of Batumi, will be completed soon, prime minister Giorgi Gakharia told reporters on Saturday.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Friday said the first four-kilometre section of the 35-km Kakheti Highway, a project stretching from the capital of Tbilisi to the central part of the eastern Kakheti region, had become operational.
The Roads Department of Georgia on Wednesday announced the renovation of a 12 km section of the Shulaveri-Shaumiani-Sioni-Tserakvi secondary road in Kvemo Kartli region in the country’s south had been completed.
Georgian Infrastructure Minister Irakli Karseladze on Thursday said a four-lane Zestaponi bypass road in the western region of Imereti would be opened to traffic in May.