ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO ALLOCATE 30 MILLION DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS OF ARMENIAN RURAL ROADS

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Nov 29 2006

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Asian Developemnt Bank will
allocate a 30 million dollar-credit for repairs of rural roads
in Armenia. A mutual understanding memorandum on this was signed
between the bank and the RA Ministry of Transport and Communication
on November 29. According to the minister Andranik Manukian, rural
roads of the total length of 260 km will repaired with this credit,
and roads of 940 km – by the Millennium Challenge Program.

In the words of A. Manukian, the list of roads to be repaired will be
made up by May 2007, while the program will be implemented from 2008.

According to the information provided by the ministry, Armenia’s road
network has the total lenghth of 7,700 lm, 1,560 km of which are
roads connecting the country’s marzes (provinces) with each other,
1,800 km are secondary roads connecting the regions to the main
highways, and 4,320 km – local roads of the rural communities. By an
expert assessment, 61% of the local road network has been assessed
to be in bad condition, 28% – in satisfactory condition, and 11% –
in good state. 84% of rural roads become impassbale in winter.