CONSTRUCTION OF MEGHRI-KAPAN INTERSTATE ROAD TO FINISH IN SEPTEMBER

Noyan Tapan
May 23 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 23, NOYAN TAPAN. Issues related to the transfer of
Armenian railway for concessional management were discussed at the
May 23 working meeting of the Armenian president Robert Kocharian and
the RA minister of transport and communication Andranik Manukian. NT
was informed from the RA president’s press service that R. Kocharian
underlined the necessity of controlling this process.

A. Manukian also informed the president about the process of
constructing the Meghri-Kapan interstate road, saying that it will
be completed in September. They discussed the construction of a new
road section in Tavush marz, which will bypass the previous border
road considered as dangerous. According to the minister, the new road
will be put into operation in August.

The interlocutors addressed the issue of organizing the restoration of
roads destroyed by spring floods. The president instructed A. Manukian
to establish strict control over the quality of road construction
and finish it within the envisaged period.