Thursday, June 25 2020 13:46

ArmInfo. Highways towards the borders with Turkey will be modernized. The relevant decision was adopted at a government meeting on June 25.

According to the Minister of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan, the  program provides for the overhaul of sections of the  Turkish-Markara-Vanadzor- Tashir-Georgian border highway. 1.732  billion drams will be allocated from the state budget to solve this  goal. In addition, as the Minister noted, another 434 million drams  will be allocated for the restoration of road sections in the  direction of Talin-Karakert-border of Turkey.

The Minister stated that the implemented program fits into the  country's capital expenditure program for 2020. There were certain  problems associated with the refusal of the company "Auto Repair" to  carry out technical control over the construction work, but after  involving a new participant in the project, this issue will be  completely resolved. Suren Papikyan noted that within the framework  of the program of capital repairs and road construction for the  current year, an amount of 22 billion drams has been approved. Taking  into account today's decisions of the cabinet, it will increase to 31  billion drams.

To note, however, that Turkey, supporting Azerbaijan on the issue of  Nagorno-Karabakh, continues to block the borders of Armenia, which  have not been idle since 1993.

Earlier, ArmInfo, citing Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan,  reported that in 2020, despite the epidemic of coronavirus, 500 km of  roads of interstate and republican significance will be repaired and  built. He noted that on May 14, the government decided to allocate  17.4 billion drams for the repair of 185.33 km of roads and two  transport facilities. At the same time, according to him, the work  will affect 97.26 km of interstate roads, 55.57 km of republican,  32.5 km of regional significance. The Deputy Prime Minister  emphasized that tenders had already been completed for the  construction of a number of roads, in particular, for the repair of  241 km, and the average repair of 80 km. Work is also underway on the  construction of the M6 highway (in the direction of Georgia). It is  planned to complete tenders for the construction of about 50 km of  roads by the end of the year.