SAMTSKHE – JAVAKHK ROADS TO BE GERMAN

Panorama.am
12:22 21/03/06

Georgian organization “Millennium War calls Fund” has spread
information about the grant given to Georgia for repairing
Samtskhe-Javakhk roads in the scopes of US governmental program
“Millennium War Calls”.

As “A-info” informs on February 10, 2006 an agreement was signed
with German company “Kocks Consult” which is going to carry out the
preliminary examination of the roads to be rebuilt and prepare the
final project.

This preparatory stage is going to cost 3.196 million USD.

As it had been announced beforehand most part of the roads
to be repaired runs through Samtskhe-Javakhk and Kvemo Kartly
territories. The repair works of 245 km of road will begin in 2007. It
is expected that all the repair works will be finished by 2010. And
before that, temporary roads will be opened not to impede the traffic.

The parts to be built are: 1) Teletty – Koda and Manglisi – Tsalka
2) Tsalka – Ninotsminda 3) Akhalkalak – Ninitsminda and border with
Armenia 4) Akhalkalak – Turkish border 5) Khertvisi – Vardzia

The selection of the companied to carry out the repair works will be
held by an open, competitive, international tender.