Nikol Pashinyan: There should be no compromise on the quality of road  construction

ArmInfo.The year 2018 is  characterized by unprecedented tight control over the quality of road  construction. Acting Minister of Transport, Communications and  Information Technologies of the Republic of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan  announced this on December 20 at the government meeting.

According to him, as a result of the laboratory studies, asphalt was  re-laid on numerous road sections for a total amount of about 300  million drams. The Acting minister stressed that tightening control  over the quality of road construction is obvious, but not enough. In  this regard, it is planned to introduce new institutional control  mechanisms that will solve the existing problem. In particular, it is  envisaged next year to develop and implement a digital map in which  all information on projects, contractors, the amount of contracts,  their actual expenditure, etc. will be presented. The introduction of  maps will allow you to have a complete idea, first of all, about  contractors. The most persistent violators of road construction norms  will be blacklisted and will not be allowed to enter the tender  procedures. "It is also planned to redistribute the roads to red,  yellow and green. Another solution will be the maintenance of roads,"  Hakob Arshakyan said, without detailing the upcoming innovations.

In turn, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashiyan stated that there  should be no compromise on the quality of road construction. "If  instead of 10 years, the road has been operated for only five years,  it is obvious that poor work was done on it," Nikol Pashinyan said,  calling for special attention to be given to this area, since this is  a strategically important issue.