Asian Development Bank satisfied with pace of north-south road corridor construction in Armenia
06.04.2018,
18:44
Country Director of the Asian Development Bank’s Armenia Resident Mission Shane Rosenthal and ADB Project Officer Thomas Herz have expressed satisfaction at the pace and quality of the construction of North-South Road Corridor and Vanadzor-Alaverdi- Georgian border motor road.
YEREVAN, April 6. /ARKA/. Country Director of the Asian Development Bank’s Armenia Resident Mission Shane Rosenthal and ADB Project Officer Thomas Herz have expressed satisfaction at the pace and quality of the construction of North-South Road Corridor and Vanadzor-Alaverdi- Georgian border motor road.
The press office of the Armenian transport, communication and information technology ministry reported Friday that Rosenthal has pointed out significant progress in the construction.
Vahan Martirosyan, Armenian transport minister, thanked them for effective cooperation and stressed the importance of implementation of joint projects.
The minister also discussed with the ADB representatives a number of issues related to investment programs on the construction co-financed by the Asian Development Bank.
The aim of construction of the 556 km-long North-South Transport Corridor is to upgrade Armenia’s main transportation link as part of a broader thrust to improve connectivity, and boost trade, growth and livelihood opportunities in the Caucasus and Central Asia sub-regions. The first two sections of the North-South transport corridor opened in December 2015. The first section that stretches from Yerevan to Artashat has become a six-lane road, while the second section which is from Yerevan to Ashtarak has become four-lane road.
The transport corridor will stretch from the southern Armenian town of Meghri, on the border with Iran, to Bavra in the north on the border with Georgia. The North-South transport corridor will enable Armenia to mitigate the effects of the blockade imposed by Azerbaijan and Turkey. -0---
The press office of the Armenian transport, communication and information technology ministry reported Friday that Rosenthal has pointed out significant progress in the construction.
Vahan Martirosyan, Armenian transport minister, thanked them for effective cooperation and stressed the importance of implementation of joint projects.
The minister also discussed with the ADB representatives a number of issues related to investment programs on the construction co-financed by the Asian Development Bank.
The aim of construction of the 556 km-long North-South Transport Corridor is to upgrade Armenia’s main transportation link as part of a broader thrust to improve connectivity, and boost trade, growth and livelihood opportunities in the Caucasus and Central Asia sub-regions. The first two sections of the North-South transport corridor opened in December 2015. The first section that stretches from Yerevan to Artashat has become a six-lane road, while the second section which is from Yerevan to Ashtarak has become four-lane road.
The transport corridor will stretch from the southern Armenian town of Meghri, on the border with Iran, to Bavra in the north on the border with Georgia. The North-South transport corridor will enable Armenia to mitigate the effects of the blockade imposed by Azerbaijan and Turkey. -0---
