Georgia's Black Sea Adjara region boosts public transport fleet with 100 “modern” minibuses

The Batumi and Khelvachauri public transport fleets in Georgia’s Black Sea Adjara region have been boosted with the addition of 100 “modern-standard” minibuses, the regional Government said las week.

A portion of the new vehicles will be allocated to serve 64 villages of Khelvachauri, while 38 units will operate on five new city routes in Batumi.

The Adjara Government said a total of 250 drivers would be employed as part of the initiative.

The addition of the buses was inspected by Tornike Rizhvadze, the Chair of the Adjara regional Government, along with Batumi Mayor Archil Chikovani and Khelvachauri Mayor Zaza Diasamidze.

Rizhvadze outlined the “promising future“ for the municipal transport sector, emphasising the public transport fleet would continue to be updated, and services expanded.

The Batumi municipal transport fleet saw the addition of 150 new buses, including eight electric vehicles, between 2018-2023, the Government said.

The body also announced plans to import 25 units of M3 category, 12-metre-long, EURO 5-emissions-standard buses to improve public transportation services.